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Tariffs will boost prices a lot — here's how much

2025/4/9
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Donald Trump: 我承诺通过降低关税来降低物价，解决通货膨胀问题，并迅速完成。 Ari Shapiro: 特朗普的关税政策导致全球经济动荡，股市暴跌，增加了经济衰退的可能性。最初实施的高关税政策虽然在市场动荡后有所下调，但仍远高于美国数十年来的水平，这意味着许多商品的价格即将上涨。 Martha Gimbel: 由于美国对服装、橡胶等产品的依赖进口，关税导致这些商品价格大幅上涨，例如T恤上涨约45%，橡胶手套上涨约16%。虽然像糖这样的商品由于国内生产较多，价格上涨幅度较小（约4%），但像大米这样的商品，由于主要依赖进口，价格上涨幅度也相当可观（约27%）。目前药品虽然免征关税，但如果未来征税，价格可能上涨约15%。汽油价格下降是由于市场预期经济衰退，并非关税政策的积极影响。总的来说，关税导致美国家庭平均每年支出增加约4600美元，对低收入家庭的影响尤为显著，因为他们消费支出中商品占比更高。关税政策对加拿大和美国的GDP造成最大负面影响，虽然中国也受影响，但受损程度低于美国。 Ari Shapiro: 特朗普政府的关税政策对美国经济和全球经济造成了严重的冲击，导致市场动荡和物价上涨。虽然政府试图通过调整关税来减轻影响，但其负面影响依然显著。 Martha Gimbel: 关税政策对不同商品的影响程度不同，这取决于美国国内生产的比例和商品的进口来源。对依赖进口的商品，关税将导致价格大幅上涨，而对国内生产较多的商品，价格上涨幅度则相对较小。关税对低收入家庭的影响尤为严重，因为他们用于购买商品的比例更高。

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President Trump's campaign promises of lower prices clashed with his imposition of high tariffs, leading to economic turmoil and higher prices for consumers. The tariffs, initially higher than 20 percent on many countries, caused global market losses and raised recession concerns. Despite the market chaos, Trump initially defended his tariffs before eventually lowering most to 10 percent, except for a 125% increase on Chinese goods.
  • Trump's conflicting campaign promises on prices and tariffs caused economic turmoil.
  • Tariffs initially exceeded 20% on many countries.
  • Global stock markets experienced significant losses.
  • Trump eventually lowered most tariffs to 10%, except for China (125%).

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After a week of market turmoil, President Trump announced he would reset his most extreme tariffs to 10 percent across the board, with the exception of China — which he boosted to a 125% tariff rate. Even at the reduced level, the tariff rates are the highest the nation has seen in many decades.And higher tariffs translate to higher prices for American consumers. Martha Gimbel of the Budget Lab at Yale takes an imaginary walk through a big box store to look at how much more people might pay for t-shirts, rice, medication and other staples. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org).Email us at [email protected]).Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)