The president-elect said that he would impose the across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until Canada, Mexico and China halted the flow of drugs and migrants.

With the incoming president’s renewed threats of massive tariffs on China, it’s worth revisiting whether such policies actually achieve the desired result.

With less than two months to go before being sworn into office again as the 47th President of the United States, President-elect Donald Trump is essentially picking up from where he left off during his term as the 45th President, in terms of his plans to implement tariffs.