# Professor Thomas Pugel explains how tariffs on Chinese goods are passed on to consumers

1 Faculty News September 28, 2018 ![Bloomberg Businessweek logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030600.jpg?itok=kQEwfteb)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg Businessweek](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-28/who-pays-for-trump-s-tariffs) -- "Says Pugel: 'If U.S. buyers are desperate to get a Chinese product, the price in the U.S. is going to go up.'"

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