If you were running a secret strategy to undermine American manufacturing, exempting popular finished consumer goods from tariffs and keeping them in place for intermediate goods, capital goods and raw materials would be a good way to go about it.
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As a result of tariffs, Fastenal put in 3-4% price increases and intends to double that in 2H as new tariffs hit. So for companies that actually manufacture in the US, costs of mission critical fasteners and parts is going up dramatically while consumer electronics are exempted.
