The Messy Reality of US Tariffs Features American Job Losses

I’m Shawn Donnan, a senior writer for economics in Washington. Today we’re looking at how tariffs can have unintended results. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net or get in touch on X via @economics. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here.

The US debate about tariffs in recent years has often focused on who pays their cost or the broader impact they can have on growth and supply chains. What gets less attention is another reason economists tend to hate tariffs: The way they can end up being used as cudgels in messy commercial fights.