U.S. Exporters Will Be a Surprise Loser From Tariff Fight

Economics and trade history show that as a country shuts out its partners’ products, it also deprives those partners of money to buy its exports

Who’s the biggest loser when tariffs are imposed on imports? The surprising answer: exporters.

Though completely counterintuitive, theory and evidence show that taxes on imports act just like a tax on exports.

Though it’s early, the Trump administration’s recent round of tariffs is already rippling out to exporters: Soybean farmers face plunging...