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Import tariff

Tariffs are a tax or duty to be paid on a particular product that is imported or exported. These add directly to the costs of trade, increasing the price of traded goods.

The conventional view is that import tariffs nearly always lead to a deadweight loss of economic welfare mainly through the effects of higher prices for consumers and the distorting effects of a tariff on market competition, prices and the allocation of scarce resources.

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