Nevada

Nevada's tariff story is written in gold, lithium, and tourism. The state produces 72% of US gold — the Carlin Trend and Battle Mountain corridor are among the world's richest gold deposits — and while gold itself faces limited tariffs, the mining equipment and chemicals needed to extract it are now more expensive. Nevada's emerging lithium industry, centered on Thacker Pass (the largest known lithium deposit in North America), is critical to America's EV battery ambitions but depends on imported processing equipment and chemicals subject to tariffs. Tesla's Gigafactory near Reno imports battery cells and components from Asia, with tariffs raising costs on every vehicle and Powerwall produced. Las Vegas's $67B tourism economy takes indirect hits as trade war tensions reduce international visitor spending — Chinese and Japanese tourists are among the highest per-visit spenders. The state's data center boom (Switch, Google, Apple in northern Nevada) requires imported servers and networking equipment at tariff-inflated prices. Nevada's relatively small agricultural sector and manufacturing base limit direct export exposure, but the state's consumption-heavy economy means residents feel import tariffs acutely.