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UA Economist: Arizona Industries Could be Vulnerable to Retaliatory Tariffs

Eller professor explains what impact new tariffs have on the state's economy.

With new steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the Trump administration set to take effect this month, George Hammond, director of the Economic and Business Research Center at the UA Eller College of Management, discussed what impact that could have on Arizona's economy.

Hammond also explained why it could affect Southern Arizona's aerospace and defense manufacturers, and what industries are vulnerable to any retaliatory tariffs.

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