In 2025, economists at the Budget Lab at Yale estimated the average tariff on U.S. imports at nearly 18%, up from about 2.4% before President Trump's return to the White House.
November 05, 2025
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Estimate of average U.S. import tariff rates reported by academic economists.
The Budget Lab at Yale reported in 2019 that the U.S. effective tariff rate exceeded 18 percent, representing the highest effective tariff rate for the United States since 1934.
August 07, 2019
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Assessment of the U.S. effective tariff rate following the imposition of new tariffs in 2019.