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Trade

The economic and fiscal effects of trade and tariff policy.

Three container ships at a container port.
Interactives
The State of U.S. Tariffs

An interactive overview of the Budget Lab's tariff analysis — daily statutory rates, and the projected economic and fiscal effects of current and alternative tariff policy.
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Reports
Improvements to the Budget Lab Tariff Model and a new tracking tool for making it more accessible

We report updated tariff model results and debut our new State of Tariffs interactive tool.
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State of U.S. Tariffs: April 8, 2026
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Reports
One Year of Tariff Analysis: What We Got Right, What Changed, and What We Learned

On the one-year anniversary of the April 2025 tariff shock, the Budget Lab evaluates its past projections of how tariffs would affect consumer prices.
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State of U.S. Tariffs: April 2, 2026
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Reports
Tracking the Economic Effects of Tariffs
A cargo ship in the Port of Oakland
Interactives
Introducing the Tariff Rate Tracker: An Open-Source Tool for Daily Effective Tariff Rates

The Budget Lab released its open-source tool for tracking daily tariff rates by country and product one month ago!
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State of U.S. Tariffs: March 9, 2026
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State of U.S. Tariffs: February 21, 2026
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Reports
State of U.S. Tariffs: SCOTUS Ruling Update
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State of U.S. Tariffs: January 19, 2026
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State of U.S. Tariffs: November 17, 2025