Guitar makers fret about tariffs

For my column this week I looked at the potential impact new U.S. tariffs could have on musical instrument sales, a small but telling slice of the economy.
    
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Sometimes the smaller industries can shed the best light on bigger trends.
   
I think that is the case with the U.S. musical instruments sector, which fears the sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump last week, the head of a trade group told me.

John Mlynczak, CEO of the National Association of Music Merchants, explained how the tariffs are poised to disrupt supply arrangements with countries like Vietnam. 
    
"This is a highly specialized industry, it's not like you could send CNC drawings to a different factory tomorrow," he said, using an industry term for technical drawings.
    
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