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Retrievers and manufacturers have increased with reality with the fact that the Trump administration’s tariffs have increased, even when they warn prices and are looking for exemptions.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to implement the country’s specific tariffs for countless business partners and began August 7. The last instruction is fulfilled by repayment as well as resignation, which is a permanent part of the business.
“The reality is that tariff fluctuations have become a new state,” said Global Forwarding, the head of Global Forwarding in Robinson World.
Those CEO Thomas Dary, during a press call on August 1, brought a similar tone, pointing out that after months of uncertainty, recent movements from the White House offers some clarity.
“It’s just a good thing to produce,” Dari said. “We have to live with tariffs now, but we have a lot to understand where they will be.”
According to business groups such as the National Retail Federation and the National Restaurant Association, a clearer image of the tariff scenery still creates short and long -term challenges for many industries.
NRF EVP of David French government relations said in August 1 statement: “The tariffs are taxed by US importers and will eventually be transferred to US consumers.” “These higher tariffs will harm Americans, including consumers, retailers and their employees and manufacturers, because the direct result of tariffs will be higher prices, reduced employment, less capital costs and innovation.”
A workers are pricing in a retail store on July 15, 2025 in New York City. New US tariffs may raise prices on store shelves in the National Retail Federation.
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Increased price increases may be input
According to French, the larger retailers generally kept the “line” in pricing.
For example, Home Depot said in May that he did not intend to raise prices in response to taxes, while Gary Milker Postco said the company would prevent increased consumer costs for some raw materials such as products. In contrast, some manufacturers, such as Stanley Black and Deckker, have already run prices.
The new tariffs, which run on Thursday, could lead more retailers to make changes to their pricing structures, although Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart, said higher tariffs would lead to higher prices. Derry ISM said that the manufacturing sector also increases the need to rise in prices.
“We haven’t seen many of these things to date, but now that is what is actively mentioned,” Dari said.
Restaurants may have to raise prices, as well as new tariffs, including items in the food chain commercial partners such as Canada, Brazil and the European Union.
“Although we still evaluate the full impact of these notifications, these tariffs will obviously increase the cost of accessing many important menu products,” said Michel Cerzmo, president of the National Restaurant Association and CEO of the National Restaurant Association. “With restaurants operating on very tight margins, many operators may have no choice but to increase the price of the menu, which they are reluctant to do because we know that Americans may have to choose less if prices rise.”
An onion chef in a restaurant kitchen on August 22, 2022, in Washington, DC, the National Restaurant Association, calls on the Trump administration to provide tariff exemptions for food and beverage.
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Restaurants are looking for exemptions
In a letter on July 29 to the US trade representative, Jimison Greier, NRA said: 30 % of food and beverage tariffs from Mexico and Canada cost $ 15.16 billion for the domestic restaurant industry.
Currently, imports from Canada and Mexico, which are not in accordance with the US-Mexico-Canada agreement, are 35 % and 25 %, respectively. USMCA -compatible goods are not subject to tariffs. However, there is no exemption currently for business partners such as Brazil and the European Union.
“We strongly support food and drink exemption from tariff negotiations and ensure that USMCA -compatible goods are exempt during continuous negotiations with Mexico and Canada,” Cerzmo said in a statement.
Preparation for further change
Beyond the search for exemptions and the potential increase in prices, companies are redesigning their supply chains to adapt to current and future tariff measures.
“This conversation has evolved beyond a simple” China +1 “or” +2 “diversification model, CH Robinson said. “What we see now is a more deliberate and orderly hierarchy that prioritizes geopolitical stability, continuity of trade and cost efficiency.”
But not all companies are equipped to make the kind of supply chain change to compete in such a unstable business environment, while many smaller jobs feel severe pressure from US tariffs.
“We have heard directly from small retailers who are concerned about their ability to stay in the business in the face of this unstable tariff rate,” the French NRF said.
Business tax pressure can be exacerbated in the coming months, especially as the United States will continue to trade negotiations while conducting research section 232 on pharmacy and semiconductors.
“My hope is that now that tax and trade policies are largely resolved, we will start to see a climb, but there is still a lot of work to do.”
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