The US Treasury secretary, Scott Besent, spoke Tuesday night at a White House Cabinet meeting. Besent said that the United States has already received around $ 100,000 million in tariff revenues this year and could see that total increase to $ 300,000 million by the late 2025, promoted by commercial measures on the climbing of US President Donald Trump.
Besent said that most of the new tariff income only began in the second quarter (Q2). He added that the Congress Budget Office projects 2.8 billion $ in tariff revenue for a decade, but he believes that this estimate is probably too conservative.
Market reaction
At the time of writing, the American dollar index (DXY) is quoting 0.04% higher at 97.53.
Tariffs – Frequently Questions
Although tariffs and taxes generate government income to finance public goods and services, they have several distinctions. Tariffs are paid in advance in the entrance port, while taxes are paid at the time of purchase. Taxes are imposed on individual taxpayers and companies, while tariffs are paid by importers.
There are two schools of thought among economists regarding the use of tariffs. While some argue that tariffs are necessary to protect national industries and address commercial imbalances, others see them as a harmful tool that could potentially increase long -term prices and bring to a harmful commercial war by promoting reciprocal tariffs.
During the election campaign for the presidential elections of November 2024, Donald Trump made it clear that he intends to use tariffs to support the US economy. In 2024, Mexico, China and Canada represented 42% of the total US imports in this period, Mexico stood out as the main exporter with 466.6 billion dollars, according to the US Census Office, therefore, Trump wants to focus on these three nations by imposing tariffs. It also plans to use the income generated through tariffs to reduce personal income taxes.
Source: Fx Street
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