{"id":21443,"date":"2025-08-25T04:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T04:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21443\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T04:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T04:14:09","slug":"us-to-probe-furniture-imports-threatening-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21443\/","title":{"rendered":"US to probe furniture imports, threatening tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> has threatened fresh tariffs on imported furniture, saying his administration will launch a probe<\/a> on the sector.<\/p>\n

“We are doing a major Tariff Investigation on Furniture coming into the United States,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n

“Within the next 50 days, that Investigation will be completed,” the U.S. leader added.<\/p>\n

He said the tariff rate for furniture has yet to be decided, but justified the plan as a means to bring the furniture industry back to states like North Carolina, South Carolina and Michigan.<\/p>\n

The U.S. employed over 340,000 people in the furniture and related products manufacturing sector as of July, according to government data, about half the level seen in the year 2000.<\/p>\n

China and Vietnam are among the major sources of U.S. furniture imports.<\/p>\n

The United States imported $25.5 billion worth of furniture in 2024, according to trade publication Furniture Today.<\/p>\n

Trump’s move marks his latest threat targeting specific sectors, after he imposed steep duties on imports of steel, aluminum, autos and other products this year.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has also launched several investigations into imports of pharmaceuticals, chips, critical minerals and various categories of goods,\u00a0taking into consideration their effects on national security.<\/p>\n

Typically, such probes take months to conclude, and they could eventually justify the imposition of new tariffs.<\/p>\n

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