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It’s still unclear how widespread these tariffs will be, but Trump has raised the prospect of at least a 10% across-the-board tariff on imported goods, as well as a 60% import tax on goods from China.

Economists see risks on two fronts: If Trump follows through on his campaign promises to lower taxes and levy across-the-board tariffs on foreign goods, he could reignite inflation and force the Fed to pull back on its plans to cut rates.

All three have espoused unorthodox economic views, such as across-the-board tariffs that critics say would start trade wars and hurt American workers.

He has vowed, at various points, to impose an across-the-board tax of 10% or 20% on all goods entering the U.S.

Not since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which by the consensus of historians and economists exacerbated the Great Depression, has a presidential aspirant proposed such high across-the-board tariffs on imports as Trump does.