5 big questions about Trump’s tariffs and how they might work
Vox Open Sourced
AUGUST 7, 2025
And this actually happened: In 2018, Trump put a tariff on washing machines, which stayed in effect until 2023. During the four years that those tariffs were in place, the cost of laundry equipment in the US rose by 34 percent , much higher than the overall inflation rate over that period.
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