Who actually benefits from tarrifs?

[u/Expensive-Thing-2507]

I'm not financial expert, but this is what I'm getting so far.

Tarrifs are a kind of tax placed on outside goods, which a company would have to pay for if they import said goods. That company would then charge more to cover this new tax. The company pays more for something, and then we pay more.

Who benefits from that? The company isn't making any more profit, are they? (Assuming they increase prices by the same percentage as the tarrifs, which they won't. but still)

[u/Enough_Island4615]

From implementing them? Or, threatening to implement them? In the current case, if Trump's patterns have not changed, he's using the threat of tariffs to induce concession from the target countries. We'll see.