Donald Trump resurrected a favorite chestnut Friday in his speech in West Palm Beach that China paid “hundreds of billions of dollars” in tariffs that he imposed that were actually paid by Americans. Trump has often characterized tariffs he enacted during his term in the White House as a kind of bill somehow paid directly by China’s Treasury. In fact, tariffs are paid to the U.S. government by companies importing foreign goods into the country, often American companies, such as Target, which sells products from China. Much, if not all, of the increased costs are typically passed on to the Amer…
