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Tariffs Hit Home, Literally
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Tariffs Hit Home, Literally

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The replacement of a 31-year-old garage-door opener on Tuesday came just in time. The repairman told me that due to Donald Trump’s Chinese tariffs, the company he orders equipment from is raising prices by at least 25 percent.

This comes as Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, predicts that Trump’s tariffs are “highly likely” to trigger even h…

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