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Can tariffs bring back an industry decimated by the 2000s ‘China shock’?

Can tariffs bring back an industry decimated by the 2000s ‘China shock’?

by Casey Wetherbee | Mar 31, 2026 | Inflation, Manufacturing, Trade

Some high-end wood furniture manufacturers have reportedly benefited from tariffs. It is unclear if those benefits outweigh the costs — and whether it’s even enough to bring jobs back to the US. Gat Caperton remembers a time when most of the wood furniture that was...

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