No, tariffs aren’t raising money for the US

Published October 24, 2018 10:55pm ET



For President Trump, tariffs are about winning. For U.S. companies looking at their third quarter earnings, tariffs are about losing.

That was the takeaway from the the latest earnings calls, during which many companies’ officials discussed tariffs, and not in the context of how they were bringing in more money.

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