TechCrunch News 04月12日 04:13
38 consumer startup founders lobby over Trump tariffs: One faces a surprise $200K bill
index_new5.html
../../../zaker_core/zaker_tpl_static/wap/tpl_guoji1.html

 

38位女性消费品公司创始人联名致信,呼吁特朗普总统重新考虑其关税政策,特别是针对小企业的关税。信中指出,关税上涨对小企业造成了沉重打击,它们缺乏大型企业那样的议价能力和资金,难以应对供应链成本的急剧增加。这些企业希望政府能够豁免小企业关税,或提供财政支持,以帮助它们应对因关税带来的供应链问题。这些创始人强调,关税威胁到企业的生存,并呼吁国会采取行动,以保护小企业的利益。

📦 关税对小企业的影响:特朗普总统提高关税,特别是对中国的关税,对小企业造成了严重的财务压力。这些企业缺乏像大公司一样的议价能力,难以承受成本上涨。

📜 创始人联名呼吁:38位女性消费品公司创始人联名致信,表达了对关税政策的担忧,并呼吁特朗普和国会采取行动。她们希望政府能够豁免小企业关税,或提供其他形式的援助。

💰 供应链问题:文章中列举了一些小企业面临的具体问题,例如,一家葡萄酒公司因关键包装组件的进口关税而每年损失20万美元。清洁用品品牌也面临类似问题,由于缺乏国内替代品,其可重复使用的包装袋的成本增加了80%。

💡 寻求解决方案:这些创始人希望政府对小企业进行评估,了解关税的影响。她们还呼吁提供“补助金、税收优惠或技术援助”,以帮助小企业解决供应链问题。

Small businesses could be crushed under President Trump’s increased tariffs, according to an open letter by 38 female consumer product founders.

While Trump paused his tariff increases for 90 days for various countries – setting the rate at 10% for now  –  China’s was raised to 145%, which includes the previous 20% levy.

In the letter, published Thursday, these founders urged Trump and Congress to back off the tariff increases, at least until small businesses can find affordable supply chain alternatives. Short of that, they want exemptions for small businesses.

The letter was written by Allison Luvera, founder of Juliet Wine, a startup that sells upscale boxed wine direct to consumers. Luvera tells TechCrunch that she faces a surprise $200,000 bill, annually, because she’s buying a key packaging component from overseas and has no U.S. alternative.

The letter documents a few other such problems, such as a home-cleaning brand that must source its refillable pouches from overseas for lack of immediate U.S. options. Tariffs threaten to increase the costs of that bit of packaging by 80%.

The group of 38 say their businesses generate $800 million annually, employ thousands, and source supplies from both domestic and international manufacturers. They point out that tariffs land more heavily on small businesses.

“Unlike large corporations, small businesses lack the leverage to renegotiate supply chain contracts, the margins to absorb steep costs increases, or the capital required to rapidly reconfigure global supply chains,” Luvera wrote.

This group wants other small business owners – and anyone else concerned about the economic impact – to help them lobby Congress. They’re asking for a small business assessment – so the government knows the impact. Ideally, they would like small businesses to be exempt from such tariff increases. Failing that, they are lobbying for “grants, tax incentives, or technical assistance” in helping U.S. small businesses solve their supply chain pain caused by Trump’s trade policies.

Among the signatories is designer Rebecca Minkoff and Alison Wyatt of the Female Founder Collective. Others include: Emily Doyle and Mei Kwok of Dune Suncare and Yanghee Paik of Rael.

Fish AI Reader

Fish AI Reader

AI辅助创作,多种专业模板,深度分析,高质量内容生成。从观点提取到深度思考,FishAI为您提供全方位的创作支持。新版本引入自定义参数,让您的创作更加个性化和精准。

FishAI

FishAI

鱼阅,AI 时代的下一个智能信息助手,助你摆脱信息焦虑

联系邮箱 441953276@qq.com

相关标签

关税 小企业 特朗普 供应链
相关文章