Trade
Importers pay tariffs, and then pass them on
The legal payer and the economic payer are different parties, and the pass-through evidence explains who really funds a tariff.
Priya Vaithilingam
Trade
Trade examines the rules that govern goods crossing borders: tariff schedules and exclusions, rules of origin, customs classification, export licensing and controls, and the agreements behind them. Explainers work each change through to landed cost on a named product. Useful for sourcing managers, trade counsel and manufacturers with international suppliers.
Tariff schedules, rules of origin, export licensing and trade agreements traced through to the landed cost of specific components and finished goods.
Trade
How a tariff actually gets set in law
Four statutes produce almost every US tariff, and after the February 2026 court ruling the menu has one fewer item than it had in 2025.
Monica Cummings