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Trade War Scoreboard
US vs The World — who's actually winning?
Team USA
"Protecting American industry"
Team World
"Retaliating on US exports"
in tariff revenue collected from American importers
in retaliatory tariffs on US exports
steel & aluminum jobs saved
downstream jobs lost or threatened
Steel, Aluminum, Solar panels
Auto, Agriculture, Electronics, Retail
Protected producers rallied
Walmart, Target, automakers all down
collected by US Treasury
paid by consumers = $1,800/household
Final Score
For every $1 in tariff revenue collected,
$1.50+
is paid by American consumers in higher prices.
Sources: Yale Budget Lab, Tax Foundation, Peterson Institute for International Economics
📋 Game Recap — Key Plays
Section 201: Solar panel & washing machine tariffs
Section 232: 25% steel, 10% aluminum tariffs
Section 301: $34B in Chinese goods hit with 25%
China retaliates with tariffs on $60B of US goods
Tariffs escalate: $200B of Chinese goods hit 25%
Phase One deal signed — tariffs remain
Biden keeps Trump tariffs, adds targeted increases
"Liberation Day" — sweeping new tariffs on 185 countries
Effective US tariff rate hits highest since 1909