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Business25 Jul 2026

President Trump just implemented new tariffs. How are small businesses coping?

An NPR business correspondent explains how to cover the complex story of how small businesses are coping with tariffs.

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DEBBIE ELLIOTT, For years, NPR business correspondent Alina Selyukh has reported on the world of retail, shoppers and sellers, from Walmart to the neighborhood cafe. SELYUKH: It began last year when American small business owners scrambled to pay unexpected tariffs to the U.S. government. SELYUKH: For me, personally, actually, the day that President Trump announced his big tariffs, which was called the Liberation Day, I was physically at a fly-in of small business owners organized... I kind of grew a long list of business owners who I text with on the regular just to check in and that is kind of how I stayed on top of how tariffs were playing out for real humans running businesses in the U.S. ELLIOTT: So one of the people that you met during this is this colorful entrepreneur who made millions selling haircut kits, of all things.

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has reported on the worldCollocation

ได้รายงานในโลก.

From the storyDEBBIE ELLIOTT, For years, NPR business correspondent Alina Selyukh has reported on the world of retail, shoppers and sellers, from Walmart to the neighborhood cafe.

scrambled to pay unexpected tariffsCollocation

รีบจ่ายค่าธรรมเนียมที่ไม่คาดหวัง.

From the storySELYUKH: It began last year when American small business owners scrambled to pay unexpected tariffs to the U.S. government.

announced his big tariffsCollocation

ประกาศค่าธรรมเนียมใหญ่ของเขา.

From the storySELYUKH: For me, personally, actually, the day that President Trump announced his big tariffs, which was called the Liberation Day, I was physically at a fly-in of small business owners organized...

was called the Liberation DayCollocation

เรียกว่าวันอิสระ.

From the storySELYUKH: For me, personally, actually, the day that President Trump announced his big tariffs, which was called the Liberation Day, I was physically at a fly-in of small business owners organized...

was physically at a fly-inCollocation

เป็นทางกายภาพในเครื่องบิน.

From the storySELYUKH: For me, personally, actually, the day that President Trump announced his big tariffs, which was called the Liberation Day, I was physically at a fly-in of small business owners organized...

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