ATLANTA — Sen. Raphael Warnock continued his August recess tour of Georgia small businesses on Tuesday with a stop at Xocolatl Chocolate in Atlanta.

The senator met with co-owners Matt Weyandt and Elaine Read, in their small craft chocolate factory, where they make their chocolate from bean to bar. The husband and wife duo started their business in 2014 after discovering chocolate making while living in Costa Rica and said federal trade policies have created a climate of uncertainty that is especially tough on small businesses.

“At the federal level, obviously the tariff situation is playing a pretty immediate impact,” said Elaine. “Even though some of the tariffs have gone on pause, there is a general sense of just not knowing where things are going to land. And that’s a really diffic

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