Tariffs are killing my small business
Ben’s Pennsylvania-based small business designs, engineers, warehouses, markets, and provides customer service entirely in the United States, but like many others, they’ve had to rely on overseas manufacturing. After years of trying to avoid Chinese tariffs, they recently moved production to Cambodia, only to face volatile Trump tariff rates that swung from 0% to nearly 50% within months. This unpredictability has forced them to halt production, scramble to import limited inventory during brief tariff windows, and now enter survival mode as a seasonal business unable to restock in time.