Tariffs are now costing the U.S. up to $6 billion a month, according to Tariffs Hurt the Heartland.
The trade group says American businesses and consumers paid $6 billion in tariffs in June 2019, one of the highest tariffed months in U.S. history.
The June figure is up 2.5 billion, or 74%, from the same month last year.
The data, compiled from the U.S. Census Bureau, is the first look at the impact of the escalation of tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods from 10 to 25% in May.
The data comes days after President Trump announced yet another round of tariffs on an additional $300 billion in goods, which are set to take effect September 1.
China responded to by stopping purchases of U.S. ag products.
Tariffs Hurt the Heartland spokesman Jonathan Gold says the tariffs are “costing American jobs, raising prices, hurting farmers and derailing U.S. economic growth.”
In total, American taxpayers have paid over $27 billion in extra import tariffs since the trade war began.
