Readers respond: Election not a mandate to raise prices

Trump tariffs target several nations, according to the headline of an item in The Oregonian’s November 27 issue. The United States appears to be the primary target of President-elect Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Economists agree that consumers typically bear the cost of tariffs, as the story mentions. Trump says he has a mandate because he won the election. Was raising the cost of nearly everything for American consumers really required?

Cannon Beach Cannon Dasse

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