Kansas City Biz Fears MAGA Trade War

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For anybody watching so many conflicts around the world right now . . . Trade beef isn't the biggest worry confronting the upcoming White House administration.

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This report reminds us that global economic decisions hit home faster amid the digital era.

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"But amid the bustle of the holiday shopping season — unpacking, selling, and shifting makers’ stock between her two retail spaces in Brookside and at Crown Center; organizing and executing the Holiday Swing maker fair at J. Rieger & Co.; and handcrafting her own custom floral design products — Mabry Van Dieren’s smile fades slightly, reflecting dread for an upcoming date that falls about a month after this holiday rush comes to a close.

"Jan. 20: the date returning President Donald Trump says he’ll enact sharp tariffs — an economic tool the re-elected leader says he plans to use to place a tax on items imported into the United States from other countries."

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Small biz makers worry Trump tariffs could be 'recipe for recession'; Economists, farmers share concern

"It's not like Trump is saying this is just on clothing and just on the electric vehicles and just on solar panels, it's literally everything," one Missouri economics expert said. "There's not one thing which in theory is going to escape these tariffs."

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