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How tariffs could shake-up the US car industry

Geoff Riley

9th August 2018

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The Wall Street Journal explores some of the possible effects of the tariffs on cars coming into the US and argues that lessons from the oil shocks of the 1970s and 1980s provide some important pointers as to the likely impact.

Oil Shocks Changed the Auto Industry; Tariffs Could Change It Again
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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