Car dealerships across the U.S. reported a surge in sales in the weeks leading up to the implementation of new tariffs by Donald Trump, a new report shows. The White House imposed a sweeping 10 percent baseline tariff on all imports Wednesday,

During the election campaign (and in the years preceding it), Trump repeatedly claimed that the cost of tariffs would be borne by the exporters. But tariffs don't work that way—they're paid by the importer, at the time of import.