Decoding the Dirty 15: What the 2020 NTE Report Reveals About the Coming Wave of U.S. Tariffs

As the Trump administration prepares to announce tariffs targeting the “Dirty 15”—trading partners with persistent trade imbalances and high non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to American exports—this analysis uses the 2020 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers to assess which nations and sectors may be in the crosshairs. Arguably, the NTE Report sheds light on some of the logic behind ongoing U.S. tariff actions.