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Weatherhead School’s Susan Helper explains how raising tariffs could impact U.S. manufacturing

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Business Insider: Susan Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, explained how raising tariffs could impact U.S. manufacturing. “If there are tariffs just on a couple countries like China or Mexico, then stuff can move to other countries,” she said. “If it’s across-the-board tariffs, then you’d be more likely to see stuff come to the US.”