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Gabriella Cruz-Martínez

Trump’s Pitch for an ‘External Revenue Service’ Agency Attempts to Shroud Who Pays for Tariffs

Picture of the U.S. capitol building.

President Donald Trump announced plans to create a new government agency called the External Revenue Service (ERS) to collect tariffs and other duties from foreign nations, but his plans have faced immediate backlash.

The proposed government agency would support Trump’s bold tariff plans on all imports, which he failed to expand upon in his inaugural address. To date, his most imminent tariff ideas involve potentially imposing a 25% duty on Canada and Mexico as soon as February.

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