Fanimation CEO urges the lighting industry to speak out against tariffs

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Fanimation CEO urges the lighting industry to speak out against tariffs

ZIONSVILLE, Ind. – Tariffs from imported goods from Mexico and Canada have been put on hold, but a 10% tariff on goods coming into the U.S. from China has been put in place. Lighting manufacturers, who are more dependent on Chinese-made goods than others in home décor because many essential lighting components are only made in China, had to absorb a 25% tariff in 2017. But many of them, on the surface at least, seemed to take the news in stride …