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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Megha Bahree

Tariffs, immigrants and fiscal policy: Trump’s second term as US president

Economists have repeatedly warned that a Trump presidency will be inflationary [File: Matt Freed/AP Photo]

When Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20 next year, one of the first things economists expect him to do is enact at least some of the tariffs he promised while on the campaign trail.

As a candidate, Trump said he would impose 10 percent to 20 percent tariffs across the board on imports, and 60 percent on imports from China.

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