Bracing for Impact: How the Tariffs Affect the States

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The hot-button issue of tariffs has everyone on the edge of their seat including some disgruntled government agencies. In opposition to the tariffs, the Chamber of Commerce published data showing the impact of tariffs on the different states in the country. The original data was broken down into very specific categories which have been manually grouped for convenience. The source of the raw data can be found here.


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