💼 About Tariffs: As President Trump promises new tariffs and engages in a trade war, Georgia's export success faces potential retaliation. Tariffs work like taxes on imported goods, making them more expensive. When countries face tariffs, they often respond with their own trade barriers. Georgia's exporters would be on the hook for retaliatory tariffs imposed by other countries.

Georgia businesses shattered export records last year, but new tariffs threaten to disrupt the state’s growing international trade success.

🏭 What We Know: Georgia exported more than $53 billion worth of goods in 2024, jumping ahead of other states to become America’s sixth-largest trading hub. The state’s export growth of 6.4 percent doubled the national average.

👥 Who Made It Happen: Small businesses drove this success, with more than 87 percent of Georgia’s exporters being local entrepreneurs. These companies shipped products to 219 different countries, with aircraft parts leading the way, followed by cars, computers, and medical devices.

💼 About Tariffs: As President Trump promises new tariffs and engages in a trade war, Georgia’s export success faces potential retaliation. Tariffs work like taxes on imported goods, making them more expensive. When countries face tariffs, they often respond with their own trade barriers. Georgia’s exporters would be on the hook for retaliatory tariffs imposed by other countries.

Tariffs Trump sets on other countries will raise prices for consumers, as businesses will pass those costs on to you. Tariffs from other countries will raise prices local businesses who export to those countries.

⚠️ Why This Should Catch Your Attention: Trade wars can trigger a domino effect. If other countries retaliate against new American tariffs, Georgia’s small businesses could lose access to valuable foreign markets.

🔮 What’s Next: Georgia’s international trade representatives in key markets will work to maintain relationships with global customers. These connections helped generate 66 percent of the state’s exports in 2024.

💼 About Tariffs: As President Trump promises new tariffs and engages in a trade war, Georgia's export success faces potential retaliation. Tariffs work like taxes on imported goods, making them more expensive. When countries face tariffs, they often respond with their own trade barriers. Georgia's exporters would be on the hook for retaliatory tariffs imposed by other countries.
B.T. Clark
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B.T. Clark is an award-winning journalist and the Publisher of The Georgia Sun. He has 25 years of experience in journalism and served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta for 15 years and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc. for 8 years. His work has appeared in several newspapers throughout the state including Neighbor Newspapers, The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal. He is a Georgia native and a fifth-generation Georgian.