"Liberation Day" tariffs (EO 14257)
Monetary penalty vacated· $179,000,000,000
Executive Order 14257, signed April 2, 2025, imposed a 10% baseline tariff on nearly all imports plus higher country-specific "reciprocal" tariffs under IEEPA authority. The S&P 500 fell about 10.5% over April 3-4, 2025. Country-specific tariffs were paused April 9, 2025. The effective tariff rate peaked at about 21%, the highest in a century. Tariff revenue through July 1, 2025 reached about $97.3 billion. Manufacturing employment fell in nine of ten months after Liberation Day, a net loss of 89,000 jobs.
Measurable outcome
Equity markets fell about 10.5% in two days, the effective tariff rate hit a century-high of about 21%, and manufacturing lost a net 89,000 jobs in the ten months after Liberation Day.
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Sources
- 90 Fed. Reg. 15041 (Executive Order 14257)
- CSIS analysis of Liberation Day tariffs
- Council on Foreign Relations, tariff tracker
- Penn-Wharton Budget Model, IEEPA tariff revenue projections
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