(1 Feb 2025)
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Birmingham, Michigan – 1 February 2025
1. Skinnytees owner Linda Schlesinger-Wagner works in the company’s suburban Detroit offices
2. The business name painted on the wall
3. Various of Schlesinger-Wagner folding merchandise
4. A box of clothing reads (English) “Made in China” on the side
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Schlesinger-Wagner, skinnytees owner:
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“Hi, I’m Linda Schlesinger. My business is skinnytees. I’m located in Birmingham, Michigan. And I have been in the woman’s apparel business for 15 years now. … So, starting today, February 1st, the White House has announced that there is tariffs invoked in Mexico, Canada and China. Skinnytees happens to do a lot of business in China. And we love our factory. We love the people we work with. And is this going to affect our business? You bet it is.”
6. Various of Schlesinger-Wagner packing up a box
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Schlesinger-Wagner, skinnytees owner:
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“And that 10% on the wholesale end for the consumer becomes 20% on the retail end. I’m thinking we’re going to absorb it, but it will cut into our give for the community. And we’re most upset about it.”
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Detroit – 1 February 2025
8. Various of traffic crossing the Ambassador Bridge that links the U.S. and Canada
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Q Johnson, Plug Zen founder:
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“I’m Q Johnson. I’m the founder and president of Plug Zen. We’re an EV charging hardware company based in Detroit. … Actually, right now, we’re at a wait-and-see approach, because there may be retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada. Because the tariffs just went into effect today, nobody knows exactly what the impact is going to be.”
10. Various of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel border crossing
11. Various of Windsor, Ontario, as seen from across the Detroit River
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Birmingham, Michigan – 1 February 2025
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Schlesinger-Wagner, skinnytees owner:
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“I don’t like what’s going on. And I think people are going to be truly shocked at the pricing they’re going to see on the cars, on the lumber, on the clothes, on the food. This is going to be a mess.”
13. Schlesinger-Wagner folds merchandise
STORYLINE:
One Michigan business owner is not a fan of the White House’s new tariff policy.
“This is going to be a mess,” said Linda Schlesinger-Wagner, who owns skinnytees, a Birmingham-based women’s apparel company.
The trade penalties against Canada, Mexico and China that President Donald Trump plans to impose represent an aggressive early move against America’s three largest trading partners, but at the risk of higher inflation and possible disruptions to the global economy.
In Trump’s view, the 25% tariffs against the two North American allies and a 10% tax on imports from Washington’s chief economic rival are a way for the United States to throw around its financial heft to reshape the world.
“Skinnytees happens to do a lot of business in China. And we love our factory. We love the people we work with. And is this going to affect our business? You bet it is,” Schlesinger-Wagner said.
The Republican president is making a major political bet that his actions will not worsen inflation, cause financial aftershocks that could destabilize the worldwide economy or provoke a voter backlash.
Q Johnson founded an electric vehicle charging hardware company in Detroit.
He said Plug Zen is a taking a “wait-and-see approach, because there may be retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada.”
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