In the last month, the Trump Administration has levied 20% tariffs on imports from China. We speak to the CEO of an American home goods company about the impact of the trade war. WSJ’s Hannah Miao explains how it’s already affecting manufacturers and the economy in China. See The Journal live! Take our survey! Further Reading: - The Tariff Pain Is Getting Real for Chinese Companies - Chinese Manufacturers Speed Up Efforts to Dodge Trump Tariffs Further Listening: - Why Trump Wants Ukrainian Minerals - Trump 2.0: Shaking Up Europe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hundreds of vendors crowded into a Chicago convention center this week for the country's biggest homeware trade show.
We make these insulated vegan leather lunchboxes.
So these are our car and closet diffusers.
All of our pottery has saucers as well as drainage holes to make the perfect home for your plant.
The expo is full of businesses showing off their merchandise, everything from cookware and linens to luggage and vacuums. But this year, the convention has been dominated by one thing.
There's a lot of talk about tariffs. Everyone's thinking about it. We're telling our larger customers that the tariffs are going to become higher and it's going to affect us. I'm a little bit worried. It's a challenge, you know, like everybody will be paying more. And, you know, there's complete uncertainty.
These vendors' concerns largely focused on the new tariffs Trump imposed on China yesterday. Many of these companies make products there. And to avoid the tariffs, they're thinking about moving their operations out of China altogether. Like Steve Greenspan, CEO of a company that sells home organization products.
We're moving significantly more to Cambodia, Thailand, more in Vietnam, and Indonesia as well.
And you're moving to avoid the tariffs from Chinese imports.
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