Peterson Institute for International Economics Issues Commentary: Why Do Trump's Tariffs Have Such Staying Power?
May 08, 2026
May 08, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Peterson Institute for International Economics issued the following commentary on May 7, 2026, by senior research staffer Alan Wm. Wolff:
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Why do Trump's tariffs have such staying power?
Get used to President Donald Trump's comprehensive tariffs. Though the president's across-the-board tariffs imposed under his emergency powers were invalidated by the Supreme Court in February, the new more specific tariffs impos . . .
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Why do Trump's tariffs have such staying power?
Get used to President Donald Trump's comprehensive tariffs. Though the president's across-the-board tariffs imposed under his emergency powers were invalidated by the Supreme Court in February, the new more specific tariffs impos . . .