Dette skjer vel ikke før tidligst 1 Januar 2026 når dagens skattepakke utløper. Presset på kongressen på å forlenge denne øker med usikkerheten rundt tariffene som innføres.
Så har man budsjettunderskudd på billioner av kroner som de såkalt fiskalt ansvarlige må balansere.
De forrige skattekuttene ble for øvrig nærmest nullet ut pga tariffene Trump innførte under forrige presidentperiode.
Er tariffer bra for Amerikansk produksjon?
Around half of U.S. imports are used by American manufacturers, and around 80 percent of U.S. manufacturing workers are employed by firms that import and export. By raising the prices of these imported inputs and their domestic alternatives, and by prodding foreign governments to retaliate, tariffs increase costs and close off markets for American manufacturers.
This is precisely what happened following the Trump tariffs in 2018 and 2019. U.S. export growth slowed due to higher import costs and retaliatory tariffs from Europe, China, Mexico, Canada, and others. And while some protected industries, such as steelmakers, benefited, they did so at the expense of far more steel-consuming American companies that were paying higher prices for steel with money they could no longer use to pay workers or invest in improvements.
History also shows that protectionism rarely ensures the long-term viability of domestic companies. Insulated from foreign competition, U.S. firms in the steel, automotive, sugar, shipbuilding, footwear, and other industries spend their windfall profits on lobbyists and bonuses instead of innovation. They become dependent on Uncle Sam, instead of productive and innovative businesses.