A rebuttal on 'Pitfalls of Trumpian tariffs'

This note responds to Helal Uddin Ahmed's piece "Pitfalls of Trumpian tariffs" (P4, FE, January 30, 2026) by examining the analytical assumptions underlying the critique rather than the policy itself.The critique of Trumpian tariffs rests on a familiar and largely accurate observation: tariffs raise domestic prices, and American consumers bear...