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Economics’ Sue Helper talks about foreign companies and tariffs

Donald Trump’s tariffs, explained
The VergeSue Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, noted that foreign companies sometimes absorb tariffs to stay competitive, though this is rare. Helper emphasized that tariffs alone won’t bring back manufacturing jobs: “It’s not efficient, really, to have tariffs be your only way, your only mechanism.”