High tariffs give Trump less room for error in Iran | CNN Business

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The US economy needs the fragile ceasefire President Donald Trump brokered in the Middle East to hold.

If the pause in fighting between Israel and Iran fails and major hostilities resume, oil prices would likely spike again. And surging gasoline prices are the last thing the US economy needs right now.

Inflation is already expected to heat up this summer because of Trump’s massive tariffs on imports. An oil shock would make matters worse — perhaps much worse.

“It would be a bit of a double-whammy. First there’s

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