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Trump Tariffs Are a Sales Tax, Krugman Says

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February 20, 2026

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Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, a City University of New York professor, says President Donald Trump's tariffs are a sales tax and are slightly contractionary. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close."

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