{"id":711,"date":"2026-02-20T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/crer\/?p=711"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:13:59","slug":"2-20-26-potential-local-impact-of-supreme-court-tariff-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/crer\/2026\/02\/20\/2-20-26-potential-local-impact-of-supreme-court-tariff-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/20\/26: Potential Local Impact of Supreme Court Tariff Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2026\/05\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-712\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8899395442567044;width:364px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2026\/05\/image-3.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2026\/05\/image-3-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2026\/05\/image-3-580x305.png 580w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2026\/05\/image-3-610x320.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>News 12 followed up on the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling that struck down most of President Trump&#8217;s tariffs and looked at the local impact. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/gary-w-rollins-college-of-business\/crer\/people#HowardJWallDirectorandChiefEconomist\">CRER director and chief economist Howard Wall <\/a>said that <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It\u2019s a it\u2019s an odd mix of industries that like tariffs because some of them get protected, but most industries are harmed by tariffs because the raw materials and intermediate goods that they used to make things become more expensive. So certainly auto manufacturers and most manufacturers who use parts to make things are better off with low tariffs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Wall said,\u00a0 \u201cThe consumer probably won\u2019t really notice that much of a change because the tariffs that were repealed have replaced by other tariffs, albeit a little lower, so it gets lost in the shuffle I think.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdef.com\/potential-local-impact-of-supreme-court-tariff-ruling\/\">Read the story here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News 12 followed up on the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling that struck down most of President Trump&#8217;s tariffs and looked at the local impact. 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