# Professor Paul Wachtel is interviewed about the impact of new trade agreements on the cost of consumer products

1 Faculty News November 16, 2016 ![Business Insider logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/business%20insider%20logo.jpg?itok=0MJSCdPh)>

Excerpt from [Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-presidency-iphone-price-2016-11) -- "'Whether an iPhone is going to go up in price $10 or something is a small issue,' [Wachtel](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/paul-wachtel) said. 'If President Trump starts putting tariffs on electronic goods, does that begin to wreak havoc on the global electronics industry? Now you're talking a real issue.'"

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