For decades, the strength of American manufacturing has been built on open access to global markets and the steady reduction of trade barriers.

U.S. industries have thrived by exporting goods around the world, supported by carefully negotiated trade agreements that created stable, predictable conditions for production and commerce.

These relationships took years, sometimes decades, to build, and they have allowed American companies to grow, innovate and remain competitive on a global scale.

To suddenly impose sweeping tariffs on our trading partners threatens to undo much of that progress overnight.

Manufacturing in the United States depends heavily on imported materials and components. When tariffs raise the cost of those imports, production costs climb sharply.

The higher cost of do

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