Hestra and other outdoor companies are banding together and traveling to DC to lobby against Donald Trump’s recently implemented tariffs.
The tariffs are hurting retail manufacturers, which in turn are being passed down to the consumer in the form of higher prices and smaller supplies. Sport bags, knit hats, and ski gloves could see 25% tariffs on goods such as leather and other manufacturing materials.
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