Toys are expected to cost more by fall due to new US tariffs on Chinese imports
The World's Smallest Toys brand is displayed at the Toy Fair, in New York's Javits Center Monday, March 3, 2025. Credit: AP/Richard Drew
As toy inventors, toy manufacturers and buyers for stores that sell toys met for a four-day annual trade show in New York last weekend, a topic besides which items were destined for holiday wish lists permeated the displays.
President Donald Trump had announced days before that he planned to increase the extra tariff he put on Chinese imports in February to 20%. Would he? By Tuesday, the last day of the Toy Fair, attendees had their answer, and the talk about how it would affect the prices of playthings grew more urgent.
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