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May 2, 2025

Asia Program
A Digital Explanation of Tariffs’ Impact on East Asia

President Donald Trump’s proposed “reciprocal” tariff plan places some of the highest tariff levels on East Asian countries—many of which depend on U.S. markets to grow their economies.

President Xi
Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

April 30, 2025

Trade
Tariff Turmoil, Part 2: Steel and Dog Gelato

Tariffs have sparked intense debate in Washington, but their consequences land far from Capitol Hill. Tariffs can shape paychecks, shift prices for consumers, and affect markets. At best, tariffs off…

Podcast Sparks fly as a steel worker welds metal in a factory.
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Matthew P. Goodman, Jamie Sychak, and Debbie Hendrickx Why It Matters

April 1, 2025

Trade
What Are Tariffs?

President Donald Trump has begun his second term imposing tariffs against some of the United States’ leading trading partners to correct what he says are decades of imbalances harmful to the U.S. eco…

A red-helmeted worker lays steel at a factory.
Backgrounder by Anshu Siripurapu and Noah Berman

May 5, 2025

Economics
Why Didn’t Tariffs Push up the U.S. Dollar?

Tariffs were supposed to push the dollar up. What happened?

Why Didn’t Tariffs Push up the U.S. Dollar?
Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

April 30, 2025

Southeast Asia
Why East Asia Is a Target of Trump’s Tariff War, in Six Charts

President Donald Trump’s proposed “reciprocal” tariff plan places some of the highest tariff levels on East Asian countries—many of which depend on U.S. markets to grow their economies.

Currency dealers work in front of an electronic board showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South Korean won in Seoul.
Article by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Program

April 16, 2025

Trade
Tariff Turmoil, Part 1: How Tariffs Are Affecting Farmers

Tariffs are often discussed in big, abstract terms—trade wars, economic strategy, global power struggles. But for ginseng farmers in Wisconsin, their effects are painfully personal. In this episode, …

Podcast Aerial view of tractors harvesting crop.
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Matthew P. Goodman, and Will Hsu Why It Matters

April 10, 2025

United States
Media Briefing: Trump's Tariffs and the Future of the Global Economy

CFR experts provide insights and context around President Donald Trump’s recent enactment of tariffs, global reactions, and what his plans mean for the future of the global economy.   

Play U.S. President Trump delivers remarks on tariffs, at the White House
Virtual Event by Matthew P. Goodman, Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Shannon K. O'Neil, Rebecca Patterson, and Heidi Crebo-Rediker Media Briefings

April 24, 2025

Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies
Could Trump’s Tariffs Replace Income Tax for the Bottom 90%?

President Trump wants to eliminate income tax for Americans earning less than $150k. Could his tariffs offset that?

Could Trump’s Tariffs Replace Income Tax for the Bottom 90%?
Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding Geo-Graphics

March 19, 2025

Trade
Reporting on Tariffs

Brad W. Setser, Whitney Shepardson senior fellow at CFR, discusses the recent tariffs imposed on goods from Canada, China, and Mexico and implications for American consumers. The host of the webinar …

Play Tariff
Webinar by Brad W. Setser, Carla Anne Robbins, and Irina A. Faskianos Local Journalists Webinars

April 14, 2025

Daily News Brief
Shifting Electronics Tariff Exemptions

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Subscribe to the Daily News Brief to receive it every weekday morning. …

Attendees take photos in a Samsung Electronics SmartThings display during CES 2025, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 8, 2025.
Article by CFR.org Editors