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The American Toymaker Suing Trump Over Destructive Tariffs

2025/7/1
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Rick Woldenberg: 我认为特朗普政府对中国商品征收的关税是非法的,并且对我的公司造成了严重的财务威胁。面对高达145%的关税,我们不得不重新评估我们的业务计划,发现原本230万美元的成本将飙升至1.002亿美元,其中95%以上与中国进口有关。即使在关税降至55%的情况下,我们仍然面临着2000万到3000万美元的额外成本,这严重影响了我们的盈利能力。特朗普总统声称关税由外国支付,这完全是错误的。实际上,是我们美国公司在支付这些关税,这直接减少了我们的利润,迫使我们削减开支、提高价格,并将部分成本转嫁给美国消费者。为了应对这种情况,我们不得不积极寻找替代的生产基地,将部分生产转移到越南和印度。尽管我们一直在努力寻找在美国本土生产的机会,但现实情况是,美国缺乏足够的生产能力和劳动力来满足我们的需求。因此,我们别无选择,只能继续依赖海外生产,同时尽力降低成本,以减轻关税对我们业务和消费者的影响。

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Learning Resources, an Illinois-based toy company, sued the Trump administration over tariffs imposed on Chinese imports. The tariffs significantly increased the cost of their products, threatening the company's survival. In response, they cut costs, raised prices, and diversified their manufacturing.
  • Learning Resources sued the Trump administration over tariffs.
  • A 145% tariff would have cost the company $100.2 million in 2025.
  • The company cut costs, raised prices, and moved some production outside of China.

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Trump’s trade war has thrown American businesses, which source everything from aircraft parts to baby strollers from China, into chaos. Now some companies are challenging the president’s tariff rulings in the courts.

On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha is joined by Rick Woldenberg, CEO of the toy company Learning Resources, and Bloomberg’s Lucille Liu, to talk about the impact of the trade war on US importers and Chinese manufacturers and what it ultimately means for American consumers.

Read more: Chinese Toymaker Takes Drastic Action to Survive Trump’s Tariffs)Further listening: Live from Hong Kong: Why China Can Afford to Wait for a Deal, and the US Can’t)The US and China’s High-Stakes Diplomacy)

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