As former President Donald Trump’s erratic approach to tariffs reshaped global trade over the past year, AP’s Business team took a complex, often chaotic story and made it accessible through clear, informative visuals.
Reporters Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Paul Wiseman teamed up with graphics journalists Phil Holm and Kevin Vineys to distill the impact of the tariffs into four focused charts. Each visual was crafted to answer a key question: How did tariff rates shift over time? How did revenue from tariffs compare to the U.S. trade deficit? How did the tariffs reshape imports from key trading partners? And how did they trigger volatility in the stock market?
The result was a smart, well-scoped visual project that delivered clarity without sacrificing nuance — helping readers understand the economic ripple effects of a constantly changing trade policy.
The piece ranked among AP’s top-performing year-end content, thanks to its sharp execution and its ability to bring structure to one of the year’s most convoluted economic stories.
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