Who really paid the 2018 U.S. tariffs on China?
Mostly U.S. importers at the border, although the policy also reduced targeted imports and benefited some protected producers.
Read the X-Ray →Informational pattern
Selective amplification
One part of the evidence or causal system receives repeated attention while comparable effects elsewhere remain quiet.
The diagnostic question
Which channels are made vivid, and which comparable channels receive little attention?
What to look for
- Benefits are local while conclusions are economy-wide
- Visible public actions eclipse private mechanisms
- One actor's examples dominate the comparison