February 3, 2025
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Amit Khandelwal quoted in New York Times: "Trump’s Trade Move Could Increase Costs for Many Online Goods"
EGC affiliate Amit Khandelwal is quoted in a New York Times article exploring how new tariff measures could impact consumer costs for common purchases.
New York Times
February 3, 2025
... Amit Khandelwal, an economist at Yale University who is an author of a study on the trade provision, said his research found that lower-income Americans spent a disproportionate amount on de minimis shipments and imports from China compared with wealthier consumers.
“Lower-income individuals will be hurt more,” he said. “Domestic retailers, domestic producers, they obviously would benefit from taxing those imports, but there is a cost.”