President Trump wants to level the playing field for American companies in the global economy, but his combative stance has unsettled business plans from the Atlantic to the Pacific. From Washington cherry farms to Midwestern chemical plants to New England lobster-trap makers, the risk of global trade war is creating anxiety among executives whose firms rely on foreign markets for revenue or to keep costs down with imported products.
Portland Press Herald
Wary U.S. Businesses Prepare for Trade War
The Boston Globe
Trade Battle Takes Its Toll on Local Manufacturers
As world leaders bickered all weekend, people like Jim Knott Jr. grew more worried about simply paying the bills.