General Discussion

A nice Economics question. The costs go up for all competitors. They know it so it impacts their pricing into the demand curve (us). Afterwards they get a rebate on those additional input costs.

How much of the tariff did they actually eat?

The money intended for the Treasury is taken out.

All this because the Executive branch is clueless in how to structure a sane trade policy.

Also this tariff flip flopping has a true economic cost. Additional resources by corporations required to address it (I know it has been driving the buyer's of my corporation crazy). It has also led to sourcing decisions changes and loss of suppliers. For those corporations exposed to retaliatory tariffs, how many customers have they permanently lost as Canadians start to enjoy their home produced bourbon etc.