President Donald Trump's continued roll out of a wide array of tariffs is rattling small business owners already dealing with tight profit margins.
In addition to the steel and China tariffs, other tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods have been temporarily put on hol d, but they could be implemented later.
“I know that this is going to come into effect, but we’re still unclear exactly the timing and the percentage and what sort of commodities are going to be impacted,” she said.
Last week, the administration imposed a ,10% tariff on Chinese goods coming into the U.S. Sandra Payne, owner of Denver Concrete Vibrator, imports steel and other raw materials for her business.
“This stuff has already been getting more expensive over the past few years due to supply chain shocks and wildfires, and a huge proportion of our lumber comes from Canada,” he said.
