The Trump administration has been making big moves on international trade, wielding tariffs pretty freely as a tool to bring other nations to the bargaining table. And, for the most part, it’s working, with a major holdout being China. While plenty of people – this writer included – are cautiously optimistic that all this will work in the end, we shouldn’t forget that there is always a cost. Some American businesses rely on China as the base of their supply chain, having products built in China and sent to the United States, and now some of those businesses are finding themselves in an untenable position.
Take, for instance, the Minnesota company, a small business called Busy Baby. Granted, this interview is on CNN – hardly a Republican-friendly outlet- and is hosted by Kate Bolduan, hardly a Republican-friendly commenter, but Busy Baby CEO Beth Benike…