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... Comments from survey respondents continued to single out tariffs as a problem, with some manufacturers of chemical products saying they hoped "for some return to free trade, which is what consumers have 'voted for' with their spending."

Trump has said the tariffs are bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars in new revenue to the U.S. Treasury and that they are improving U.S. economic security.

But beyond the sectors lifted by an Artificial Intelligence investment boom, Trump's sweeping import duties have undercut manufacturing, even as he touts them as necessary to shore up a long-declining domestic factory base. ...