Here’s how high tariff rates would have to rise to bring manufacturing back to its glory days. Even Trump would be shocked.
Affected assets and topics
TARIFF
Why it matters
Economists at UBS suggest that tariffs would need to be significantly high, at 42.5%, to bring manufacturing back to its former state, a rate that even President Trump might find surprising.
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Neutral
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Expected market reaction
Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 80% confidence.
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MarketWatch
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Here’s how high tariff rates would have to rise to bring manufacturing back to its glory days. Even Trump would be shocked.
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Bearish · 80%
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2025-11-10 13:18
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- groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
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- groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
- Article id
- 8721
Original source
Economists at UBS pointed to analysis done by the center-right American Enterprise Institute, which calculated that tariffs would have to be set at 42.5% to level out manufacturing imports and exports.
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Original article published by MarketWatch on November 10, 2025. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.