Five Charts to Help You Understand Tariffs and Shortages

Five Charts to Help You Understand Tariffs and Shortages

Some long-term and short-term data.

Tariff fears fuel rising sales, dread of shortages, empty shelves

Some fear that the toilet paper crisis and other key product shortages could return.

By Wednesday, May 14, the U.S. will lower its tariffs on goods from China to 30%, compared to 145 per cent now. In return, Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods will rise from 125 to 10 per cent. If the conclusion yesterday, Sunday, May 11, of an agreement between the two has reassured the financial markets, the uncertainty remains: for lack of common ground, Trump has threatened to put in place 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods.44 In order to measu…