Trump voter and Montana Knife Co. founder feels tariff pain: His $515,000 sharpener from Germany is set to cost another $77,250

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Meanwhile, AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, FileAs President Donald Trump prepares to announce new tariff increases, the costs of his policies are starting to come into focus for a domestic manufacturing sector that depends on global supply chains, with a new analysis suggesting factory costs could increase by roughly 2% to 4, amid market uncertainty. “There’s going to be a cash squeeze for a lot of these firms,” said Chris Bangert-Drowns, the reer at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth who conducted the analysis

Those seemingly small changes at factories with slim fit margins, Bangert-Drowns said, “could lead to stagnation of wages, if not layoffs and closures of plants” if the costs are untenable

Furthermore, The analysis, released Tuesday, points to the challenges Trump might face in trying to sell his tariffs to the public as a broader political and economic win and not just as evidence his negotiating style gets other nations to back down (noteworthy indeed)

The success of Trump’s policies ultimately depends on whether everyday Americans become wealthier and factory towns experience revivals, a goal outside economists say his Republican administration is unly to meet with tariffs

Trump has announced new frameworks with the European Union, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia and Britain that would each raise the import taxes charged by the United States

He’s prepared to levy tariffs against goods from dozens of other countries starting on Friday in the stated range of 15% to 50%

Stock market has shown relief the tariff rates aren’t as high as Trump initially threatened in April and hope for a sense of stability going forward

Trump maintains the tariff revenues will whittle down the budget deficit and help whip up domestic factory jobs, all while playing down the risks of higher prices (which is quite significant)

Furthermore, “We’ve wiped out inflation,” Trump said last Friday before boarding Marine One while on his way to Scotland

But there’s the possibility of backlash in the form of higher prices and slower growth once tariffs flow more fully through the world economy

A June survey by the Atlanta Federal Reserve suggested companies would on average pass half of their tariff costs onto U

Moreover, Consumers through higher prices (this bears monitoring)

With new tariffs in place, there are new costs for factories The Washington Center for Equitable Growth analysis shows how Trump’s devotion to tariffs carries potential economic and political costs for his agenda

In the swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin, more than 1 in 5 jobs are in the critical sectors of manufacturing, construction, mining and oil drilling and maintenance that have high exposures to his import taxes

Nevertheless, Nevertheless, The artificial intelligence sector Trump last week touted as the future of the economy is dependent on imports

Furthermore, The White House argues American es will access new because of the trade frameworks, saying companies will ultimately benefit as a result. “The ‘Made in USA’ label is set to resume its global dominance under President Trump,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said

Still lots of uncertainty, but world economy faces a new toll There are limits to the analysis

Trump’s tariff rates have been a moving target, and the analysis looks only at additional costs, not how those costs will be absorbed among foreign ducers, domestic manufacturers and consumers

Nevertheless, Also, the legal basis of the tariffs as an “emergency” act goes before a U

Appeals court on Thursday (remarkable data), in light of current trends

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview last week on Fox Network’s “Kudlow” show countries were essentially accepting the tariffs to maintain access to the U. “Everyone is willing to pay a toll,” he said, amid market uncertainty

But what Bessent didn’t say is U

Manufacturers are also paying much of that toll

Nevertheless, “We’re getting squeezed from all sides,’’ said Justin Johnson, president of Jordan Manufacturing Co (quite telling)

However, In Belding, Michigan, northeast of Grand Rapids

Jordan Manufacturing doesn’t buy foreign steel

But by crippling foreign competition, Trump’s tariffs have allowed domestic U (which is quite significant), given current economic conditions

Steelmakers to hike prices

Johnson doesn’t blame them. “There’s no red-blooded capitalist who isn’t going to raise his prices’’ under those circumstances, he said

On the other hand, Additionally, Trump says no inflation from tariffs, but es see higher prices The Trump White House insists inflation is not surfacing in the economy, issuing a report through the Council of Economic Advisers this month saying the price of imported goods fell between December of last year and this past May

Additionally, “These findings contradict claims that tariffs or tariff-fears would lead to an acceleration of inflation,” the report concludes

Additionally, However, Ernie Tedeschi, director of economics at the Budget Lab at Yale University, said that the more accurate measure would be to compare the trends in import prices with themselves in the past and that the CEA’s own numbers show “import prices have accelerated in recent months. ” The estimate from the Budget Lab at Yale is the tariffs would cause the average household to have $2,400 less than it would otherwise have

On the other hand, Keeping the economy on a knife’s edge Josh Smith, founder and president of Montana Knife Co (quite telling), considering recent developments

Nevertheless, , called himself a Trump voter but said he sees the tariffs on foreign steel and other goods as threatening his (fascinating analysis)

Trump had imposed a 10% tax on ducts from the EU that is set to rise to 15% under the trade framework he announced Sunday

Moreover, Additionally, Smith would happily buy the bevel-grinding machines from an American supplier (noteworthy indeed)

But there aren’t any. “There’s only two companies in the world that make them, and they’re both in Germany,’’ Smith said

Conversely, Until this year, Montana Knife bought the powdered steel it needs from Crucible Industries in Syracuse, New York

But Crucible declared bankruptcy last December, and its assets were purchased by a Swedish firm, Erasteel, which moved duction to Sweden

Smith beat the tariffs by buying a year’s worth of the steel in advance (this bears monitoring)

Nevertheless, “The average American is not sitting in the position I am, looking at the numbers I am and making the decisions each day, ‘Hey, we cannot hire those extra few people because we might have to pay this tariff on this steel or this tariff on this grinder,’” he said

However, “I want to buy more equipment and hire more people, in today's financial world

That’s what I want to do, amid market uncertainty

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