Will President Trump's tariffs bring back jobs? Harvard economist weighs in

What's the point of a tariff? And can tariffs bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States as intended by the Trump Administration? Gordon Hanson, Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy, answers these questions and more.

00:00 Changes to the tariff rates
00:27 Origin of the U.S. tariff
02:17 Global economic growth
03:12 The intentions of higher tariffs
04:20 Will bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. create more jobs?
04:47 What's likely to happen

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