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Small business owner shares how Trump's tariffs affected sales

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Published January 2, 2026 at 3:49 AM CST

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President Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs on Chinese imports affected many U.S. businesses last year. We check in with one small business owner to ask what the year and holiday season were like.

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