Parents and baby gear makers say President Trump's tariffs make children and baby gearers say it's much more expensive.
Go all out Mr. Trump imposed prices for baby essentials in April, including car seats and strollers, taxing parents, and advocates for lowering family costs.
Meanwhile, the White House is trying to encourage Americans to have more children. Mr. Trump is even considering $5,000 "Baby Bonus", According to the New York Times report, Our birth rate dropped.
Natalie Gordon, CEO of Babylist, baby registration service, said new parents and couples are expected to face a $1,000 increase in tariff-related costs soon.
Gordon noted that the price increase has been effective given manufacturers’ reliance on China to produce strollers, cribs, car seats and other required goods. Currently, up to 145% of the import obligations apply to the import tax of the U.S. imports from China, and the vast majority of strollers sold in the U.S. are sold in the U.S..
Mr Trump indicated the interest rate on Friday Maybe it'll come downwriting in his posts in the Truth of the Social Media Platform "80% tariff It seems to be right in China! ”
Gordon is one of a group of advocates calling for the White House to be tax-free and vital baby products. In addition to taxing Chinese products, the baseline applies to all U.S. imported products. In addition to China, other national-based responsibilities are currently Shelved for 90 days.
“Manufacturers deal with it every day The shock of tariffs Gordon told CBS MoneyWatch.
Gordon added that she believes the tariffs fall under “an infant tax on every parent in the country.”
That's why she said she needed probation. “We know that the government wants to support families feeling like they can have babies, and this is the easiest and fastest way they can do that,” she said.
Stocks sitting on the shelves of US stores are already higher than last month’s stock. For example, Uppababy, a car seat and stroller overseas, said in a statement posted on its website in April that tariffs are making prices "inevitably". Prices for certain products that came into effect on May 5 rose.
An UPPAbaby car seat, for example, already costs $150 more than it did last month, according to Elizabeth Mahon, who owns Three Littles, a children's store in Washington, DC One of her most popular items, the UPPAbaby Vista stroller, now costs $1,199, up $300 from $899, she told CBS News correspondent Jo Ling Kent in May.
“In the United States, there are not many products, even products produced in the United States Rely on global manufacturing Used in materials used to produce or they are in packaging items or transporting materials. ” Mahon said.
Rising parenting costs have led some parents to turn to resale platforms, increasing demand for open-ended discounted goods or reserve inventory.
"Tariffs have wreak havoc on families that have been squeezed," Shraysi Tandon, founder and CEO of Hidsy, a re-business platform for infant and children's products, told CBS MoneyWatch.
Tandon said she witnessed a 25%-35% increase in price for baby equipment, including strollers, car seats, bouncers, carriers and other equipment.
"We think the price increase that will happen in the summer has already occurred in real time," she said, adding that the increase in costs is not a call from the White House to call for families to have more children.
“If anything, people will be shocked and don’t want to have more children when many families are already under inflationary pressures at checkout,” she said.
According to Tandon, traffic for kids has risen 70% over the past few weeks as parents are looking for ways to save money.
“Resale and retransactions are a strong signal for me that consumers are actively looking for discounted items and the ways they can save money on essential products,” she said.
Trump said this week that he is considering using carvings of baby products, but he hopes the tariffs are "simple and simple."
“I don’t want to have So many exemptions Mr. Trump said at the oath-in ceremony of David Purdue as Chinese ambassador.
At the same time, couples are expected to carefully observe their budget and try to find ways to fix the cost.
“I think we are working hard Reduce a little It's unclear how long this will last. ”