Trade Adjustment Assistance was supposed to help people whose jobs were threatened by overseas competition, but Congress eroded its support starting in the 1980s.
Keen Footwear has limited its exposure to supply chain trouble and opened a plant in Kentucky. But the trade upheaval has strained its adaptive strategy.
Para millones de pequeñas empresas que dependen de importaciones, como una de masa madre en Carolina del Norte, las únicas opciones parecen ser pagar un impuesto caro ahora, o esperar alguna una mejora.
A sourdough baker turned entrepreneur in North Carolina has delayed his new product as he contemplates the prospect that higher costs will doom his company.
The experience of a company in the textile business illustrates how the trade war could force some industries to shift production out of the United States.
For companies that have shifted factory production from China to other countries, the latest tariffs have undermined their strategy while sowing paralysis.
A family business in Ottawa that makes special shoulder rests for violins is imperiled by both Trump’s tariffs on Canada and potential Canadian retaliation.