Ruth Simon
Senior Special Writer at The Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal reporter in New York covering small business and entrepreneurship. Contact me at [email protected]
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1 day ago |
wsj.com | Suzanne Kapner |Ruth Simon |John Keilman
Barrocas immediately instructed factories in China to release goods bound for the U.S., including coffee makers and the Ninja Slushie, a frozen-drink maker. “We had hundreds of containers ready to leave China when the tariffs went into effect,” Barrocas said. “Now, we’ll be able to put them on a boat.”Businesses across the U.S. that rely on Chinese imports have been stuck for weeks, trying to figure out how to navigate the sky-high tariffs that President Trump imposed on Chinese goods in April.
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2 weeks ago |
jp.wsj.com | Natasha Khan |Ruth Simon
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Natasha Khan |Ruth Simon
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Rolfe Winkler |Ruth Simon |Ross Mantle
April 17, 2025 11:00 pm ETMost businesses are struggling to respond to President Trump’s tariff blitz, but higher trade barriers are creating opportunities for some small U.S. companies. Ellwood Group, a maker of forged steel, nickel and aluminum products, saw sales jump 35% from the fourth quarter to the first, driven in part by tariffs that only came into effect in mid-March.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Ruth Simon
Small companies account for one-third of U.S. imports; many owners say they can’t absorb price hikes or shift productionBusinesses of all sizes are struggling with President Trump’s new tariff regime, but small U.S. businesses are looking to be the biggest losers. Small and midsize companies account for $868 billion, or roughly one-third, of annual U.S. imports, according to the Census Bureau.
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