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Tariff math explained: How Indian exports face effective duty of 33.6% and not 50%

While US President Donald Trump's harsh decision to slap India with an additional 25% tariff for buying Russian oil has pushed the headline tariff rate to a punishing 50%, the actual bite is ...
PBS

Trump floats tariff ‘dividends’ for Americans, but experts question the math

President Trump doubled down on an idea to send $2,000 checks to millions of Americans. He has offered no specifics, but Trump suggested the government could send that money to low and middle-income ...
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Expert says Trump's $2,000 tariff dividend nets $0; here's the math

President Donald Trump is selling his $2,000 "tariff dividend" as a way to make foreign countries pay for a windfall that lands directly in Americans' bank accounts. The experts running the numbers ...
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Trump has said tariff revenue may allow Americans to stop paying income taxes. The math doesn't add up

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. President Donald Trump has recently claimed his tariffs will generate so much money that Americans could soon stop paying federal income taxes. But ...
Tampa Bay Times

Trump suggests replacing federal income tax with tariffs. Does the math add up?

PolitiFact | The federal income tax brought in about $2.4 trillion in 2024, which is more than 14 times what Trump’s second-term tariffs are generating. President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet ...