Yellen: Tariffs won’t cause meaningful price hikes


US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. — Bloomberg

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says new tariffs on Chinese goods would protect US firms and workers without stinging the pocketbooks of American consumers.

“I don’t believe that American consumers will see any meaningful increase in the prices that they face,” Yellen said in an interview on the PBS NewsHour.

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