These companies invested in being American-made. Tariffs are hurting them, too

Get the Full StoryPresident Trump promised to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. But even companies that opted to build their business in the States are facing existential threats.

Johann Pauwen and Michaele Simmering founded their furniture design business, Kalon, in Los Angeles in 2007. At the time, the U.S. was entering a major recession with many industries headed for total implosion. Pauwen and Simmering, committed themselves to finding local manufacturing relationships and logged countless hours looking for factories that could deliver on their solid wood designs within the United States. It wasn t an easy process, and the founders had to write their own playbook as they went.

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