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Consumers are already seeing price hikes from the last round of Trump's tariffs

President Trump has repeatedly proclaimed that when it comes to tariffs on Chinese goods, China pays the price.

But it's U.S. consumers who actually pay, if export and import firms and manufacturers choose to pass along the cost. And trade groups and economic studies show that U.S. consumers already are seeing higher prices on a range of items - luggage and major appliances such as washing machines, for instance - that were subject to previous tit-for-tat tariffs in the U.S.' escalating trade battle with China or retaliatory tariffs from other foreign countries.

With the Trump administration's tariff increase from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion in Chinese goods announced Friday,

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