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mwooldri

(10,303 posts)

1. When tariffs increase, they can be mitigated by:

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2019, 05:14 PM

May 2019

A) Asking supplier to cut their price,
B) Absorbing cost by decreased profits,
C) Passing the increased cost to customer.

While there is undoubtedly a bit of 'A' and 'B' going on, the vast majority of these tariff increases... actually tax increases... is borne by the end customer.

Tariffs are taxes.