US President Donald Trump’s steep tariff hikes on countries such as India and Brazil have drawn sharp criticism from economists and international institutions, with Harvard professor and former IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath saying the measures have largely failed to deliver results.

In a post on X, Gopinath described the tariffs, which have been in effect for six months now, as counterproductive, asserting that they have offered “little to no benefit” to the US economy.

“It is 6 months since ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs. What have US tariffs accomplished?” she wrote, before listing several key points on the policy’s impact.

Gopinath said the tariffs have indeed raised government revenue “quite substantially,” but at the cost of American firms and consumers. “Borne almost entirely by US

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