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How tariffs work and the impact they have on the economy

Season 2025 Episode 34 | 5m 54s

President Trump's tariff plans are leaving people with many questions about when they have been used in the past, what kind of effect they have had, how that squares with the president's arguments and their potential impact now. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

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