More than 50 countries have reached out to the President to begin tariff negotiations

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Ben Werschkul · Washington Correspondent
Updated Fri, May 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM EDT 4 min read
President Trump's tariffs became very real for importers last month as the government collected more than $17.4 billion in "Customs and Certain Excise Taxes" during April.
That was nearly double March's haul of $9.6 billion, dwarfing the smaller spikes in revenue seen during Trump's first term.

All told, the duties have deposited more than $70 billion into government coffers since Jan. 1.
"As Billions of Dollars pour in from Tariffs ... we’re only in a TRANSITION STAGE, just getting started!!!" Trump said on Truth Social Friday.
He could be right. April's data will perhaps provide only a glimpse of what's coming. The biggest tariffs — 10% duties on nearly every country in the world — took effect on April 5, with plenty of additional tariffs promised for the months ahead.



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Who pays these tariffs?  Isn't it the US importer?  And ultimately the US consumer?

It doesn't seem to be China, etc, or do you think it is?

https://www.bankrate.com/taxes/trump-tariffs-explained/

Just another tax on Americans, no?

Or am I misunderstanding?

Or, maybe, you are?