Questão 4 - UEG Conhecimentos Gerais 2026/1

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Tariffs are Generating Significant Revenue

 

Since 1940, tariffs have generated only a small amount of revenue for the federal government. Prior to the first Trump Administration, for example, tariffs were generating about $3 billion per month. Largely due to tariffs put in place during that Administration – including on Chinese goods and steel and aluminum – monthly tariff revenue grew to about $7 billion per month in the year prior to this Administration. Since then, revenue has expanded dramatically.

Over the course of 2025, President Trump has used various executive powers to enact or increase a large number of tariffs. Through mid-May, these included a 10 percent additional baseline tariff on most imports, a 25 percent rate on automobiles and auto parts, a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum, a 25 to 10 percent tariff on non-USCMA goods from Canada and Mexico, and a 30 percent tariff on most Chinese goods.

Since mid-May, President Trump has announced a number of additional tariffs, either imposed unilaterally or through trade deals. These include new “reciprocal rates” for many countries that vary from 10 to 41 percent, raising the rate on steel and aluminum products to 50 percent, enacting a 50 percent tariff on copper, increasing the 25 percent rate on Canada to 35 percent, reaching a trade deal with the European Union in which most goods are tariffed at 15 percent, and announcing other trade deals with countries such as the United Kingdom, Japan, and Indonesia.

Monthly tariff revenue has grown in kind, from $7 billion (0.3 percent of GDP) per month late last year to about $25 billion (1.0 percent of GDP) in July (the total revenue impact will be smaller, as the tariffs will cause income and payroll tax revenue to decline). We expect tariff revenue to grow further and ultimately rise to $40 to $50 billion per month (over 1.5 percent of GDP), before declining some as supply chains adjust.

Disponível em: https://www.crfb.org/blogs/tariffs-are-generating-meaningful-new-revenue. Acesso em: 13 ago. 2025. (Adaptado).

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