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[–] [email protected] 19 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Not necessarily: the company can choose to absorb part or all the tariff, since the demand would drop at the higher price anyway, and they might make more overall profit at a lower margin per item. But generally yes, most of the cost will be passed on to the consumer and prices will increase on average.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago

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