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I think that tariffs in a way can be regarded as an economic sanction without a sanction.

— Scott Bessent

First of all, a president of the United States can't unilaterally impose a tariff on another country. It takes an act of Congress, and…

— Sherrod Brown

I would recommend that tariffs be layered in gradually.

— Scott Bessent

The truth is that tariffs have a long and storied history as both a revenue-raising tool and a way of protecting strategically important industries…

— Scott Bessent

Everybody talks about tariffs as the first thing. Tariffs are the last thing. Tariffs are part of the negotiation. The real trick is going…

— Wilbur Ross

For too long, the conventional wisdom has rejected the use of tariffs as a tool of both economic and foreign policy. However, like Alexander…

— Scott Bessent

The problem with tariffs is they shift higher costs onto the backs of non-protected industries and consumers.

— Stephen Moore

If you put tariffs in place, it creates inflation. If you put inflation in place, you have to raise interest rates. You raise interest…

— Bill Browder

Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.

— P. Chidambaram

It is high time that the E.U.'s internal market delivered substantially lower communications charges for consumers and business people traveling abroad. A mobile-phone customer…

— Viviane Reding

Many economists and industry experts agree that the United States faces unfair competition and artificially low prices that have damaged the domestic steel industry.…

— Annie Lowrey

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

— Ambrose Bierce