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Who actually pays for tariffs, and which famous minds have changed about them.

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Neutral leaning · 2026-07-20
On this week's Section 122 ('one-to-two') tariff expiration being replaced with sector- and country-specific tariffs: 'it's not going to be easy for the Trump administration to replace or actually raise the effective tariff rates significantly from what we had before the spring cord ruling' @57:26 ('cord' = whisper for court); expects volatility from the mechanics but net-manageable outcome.
“Now, our assumption is that the overall effective tariff rate will remain close to the pre-spring cord ruling level, and that's manageable for the market”
Homin Lee · Lombard Odier (senior macro strategist, Asia) · Bloomberg ↗
Neutral leaning · 2026-07-17
He then reports the data point the test turns on: 'if the price of imported goods was going down, it would show the discount for the tariff that's being paid, but it's not' (@23:13); BLS showed higher non-fuel import prices, with a possible AI-imports component (@23:35).
“If import prices don't fall, it suggests that we're paying the tariffs.”
Steve Liesman · CNBC (senior economics reporter) · CNBC ↗
Neutral 2026-06-27
“I’ve been shocked not only by my own change of mind, but by some of my colleagues, people who are long-time advocates of globalization and free trade who are saying, “Okay, Europe needs to do something.””
Paul Krugman · Economist, Nobel laureate · Bloomberg TV ↗
…. We used to think that that was something we did to other countries, but now we find out that other countries do it to us too. So the idea that you need to maintain capacity in your own country or in reliable allies for strategically important stuff is now very, very real. I am really reluctant to be where I am right now, but I do think that conditional tariffs on Chinese cars are probably going to be necessary. I don't think that the Europeans can allow their auto industry to be totally hollowed out. Now, there's some compromise here. Probably totally trying to shut Chinese cars out of the market is going to be a bad thing, be very costly to consumers. But on the other hand, I've been shocked not only by my own change of mind, but by some of my colleagues, people who are long- time advocates of globalization and free trade who are saying, "Okay, Europe needs to do something." Really, if you like, it's national security, it's market disruption to just allow something as big as the European auto industry to just be overrun, even if consumers would benefit for a while. It's not 20 years ago anymore. We really do need to rethink, which is a long way from saying that we should have tariffs on everything or that the Europeans should have tariffs on everything.…From: this video · 1 claim mined from it
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