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State of U.S. Tariffs: May 12, 2025

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76% Informative

The 2025 tariffs to date are the equivalent of a 15.4 percentage point increase in the US average effective tariff rate.

That calculation assumes that, for example, the share of imports from China remains at 14% , where it was in 2024 .

The timing of the transition from “pre” to “post” substitution is highly uncertain.

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