MISSOURI (KFVS) - Families putting up the holiday decorations this week have to answer the age-old question: real or fake Christmas tree? It may be the prices that determine which one you go with.

The prices of artificial trees are going up due to tariffs. More than 80% of artificial trees are made in China, which are subjected to steep tariffs.

The Trump administration is using import taxes, also called tariffs, as a negotiation tactic. Economists estimate the average American family will spend $2,400 more per year under these tariffs. The goal of the tariffs is to attract manufacturing operations to the United States, increasing jobs and economic-independence.

Meanwhile, the Real Christmas Tree Board says 84% of tree growers are not raising prices this year. That may be why Starr Pi

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