How to climb the peaceful world of puzzles in the trade war star-news.press/wp

Puzzles are used to put people in place. The Canadian U.S. Trade Chaos is being flipped in the industry, leaving business owners to pick up pieces.

“It’s uncertainty. It is almost impossible to navigate,” Bruce Donnelly said 6. Day.

Donnelly is the owner of the Canadian puzzles, in Georgetown, ontt. Canadian is one of the biggest puzzle outlets, a 92-puzzle brand and thousands of different puzzles. It sends thousands of thousands per week.

But today’s trade war has taken out of these requests. And continuous uncertainty around fares, a lot of puzzle vendors on both sides of the border are worried about their future business.

Toy Association, Lobby Group for the United States Toy Industry, He had 400 respondenced by his company members in April. He found that almost half of his small business or medium business business was worried due to the rates of the government that can leave business.

In front of the rates

In March, Canada Donald Trump and the US, puzzles made in the US and Donelly did not have the opportunity to react.

“We had submissions on the way. We didn’t have the opportunity. We had to pay the fare,” he said.

The cost did not want to put the cost to its customers, the Canada puzzles left.

Although Americans make up only 20% of the Canadian Customer base of the Canadian customer, Donnelly says it feels affecting. Half of the brand that sells Donnelly is made in China, making it expensive to send to US customers.

Initially, the US put 145 percent fare in goods sent from China. Has been reduced to 30 percent.

“Definitely (to take)” he said, “Donnelly said.

The company has had to make adjustments. Since then, Chinese puzzles had to make the shipment sent to the US because extra rates were too large. White mountain puzzles, Springbok had to exacerbate the price for all games in New York Puzzle Co.

Donnelly is bringing more puzzles from Europe, and can continue to sell to Canadian customers. However, Donnelly said that US sales could be cut in half.

And it’s not just Canadian companies fighting.

Mia Galison, owner of Eeboo Corporation, has in New York and sells jigsaw puzzles and children’s toys. But many of its products are manufactured in China.

“It’s permanent. We’re a very small business. We don’t work in big margins,” Galison said.

“We hope that some reasons predominate with these rates or get a way to get a way out for small businesses or carbels for the toy industry.”

To fill the mounts, Galison has also increased its puzzle prices. Along with the enlargement, he is trying to save less than $ 25, but not enough to complete the cost of tariff.

Puzzles, bowling and toilet seats

It is not only puzzles that have been trapped in the crosses of war. Weird products in the US, such as toilet seats and bowling, have been revenge rates for the Canadian government. But why?

The Canadian Government has not provided a specific explanation for each product, but the international lawyers of Lawrence Herman say that these measures were placed in the United States.

“These items are carefully designed for companies, producers, in areas that may affect the influence of US politicians that affect exporters,” Herman said The cost of living.

“An area under the influence of these Canadian rates or another company would be complained to his senator or member of the conference, asking to remove Canada fares. That is the full idea behind these lists.”

Meanwhile, Herman said that Canadian companies must send to other markets, such as Europe and Asia-Pacific region.

One of the solutions can be manufacturing from China to the US or Canada. But Galison in Eloo says that it is not easy pivot. He would take his company decades to develop our own manufacture that would create puzzles that would create puzzles. And he can’t afford such an effort.

For Galeson, there is not only a matter of a small decrease in profits. He worries his business and many others, may not have until the end of the year.

“Blank shelves are unpleasant images when you think,” said Galison.

“But a thousand times unpleasant … Truck drivers and pier staff and sales repetitions and small businesses and small business owners have no business.”