{"id":91750,"date":"2025-09-24T14:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/?p=91750"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:07:37","slug":"mets-faculty-angle-financial-consequences-of-us-tariff-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/news\/mets-faculty-angle-financial-consequences-of-us-tariff-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Vodenska Explores Financial Consequences of US Tariff Policies on Television, in MET\u2019s Faculty Angle<\/em> Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of his administration\u2019s initial policy rollout in his first month in office, President Trump levied or threatened to levy stiff tariffs against trade partner nations Canada, Mexico, and China, among others. Metropolitan College\u2019s Faculty Angle<\/em> series recently explored the overall nature of tariffs<\/a>\u2014from their common uses to their tradeoffs. <\/p>\n

Professor Irena Vodenska<\/a>, who is BU MET\u2019s director of finance programs and chairs the Department of Administrative Sciences, joined Fox affiliate KTVU to discuss the tariffs\u2019 impact on the financial markets, saying that the tariffs are, functionally, taxes on domestic consumers. While the stated intention of the tariffs might be to protect American jobs and industries, she explained that the reaction of the market indicates that the financial burden will fall on American consumers. Professor Vodenska also suggested that the tariffs would have secondary impacts, like a chilling effect on relations with fellow nations. Watch the video below.<\/p>\n