“It feels like a game to the administration, and we are just pawns.”
Cristi, a seamstress from Pennsylvania, says the Trump administration’s tariffs have severely hurt her business by raising fabric costs by up to 25%. She explains that many suppliers, including some in Canada, stopped selling to the U.S., forcing her to find more expensive alternatives. To keep customers who can’t afford higher prices, she often absorbs the extra costs herself, making it hard to stay profitable.