US economist says White House got his tariff research ‘all wrong’
- 08-Apr-2025
WASHINGTON: An economist whose work was cited by US President Donald Trump’s administration to justify sweeping tariffs has said officials misinterpreted the research — and the levies should have been as little as a quarter of what the White House announced. Brent Neiman, who was a US Treasury official under previous president Joe Biden, co-authored […]