President Donald Trump’s new tariffs are intended to encourage companies to manufacture their products in the United States. But instead, they are actively pushing some American companies away.
Some American manufacturers still rely on supply chain inputs from other countries and have now seen their operating costs skyrocket. Some of them are eyeing other locations as a new home base, simply to keep their businesses alive. Others are hoping Trump will reverse course or that domestic companies can start providing cheaper sourcing alternatives soon.
The small space satellite company Quub, which makes its products in Lancaster, Pennsylvania — the kind of place where Trump says he wants more companies to build factories — is one such company. Quub’s founder Joe Latrell told NOTUS that Trump’s tariffs could ultimately erase the company’s profit margins entirely.