As uncertainty and concern intensifies over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, school administrators are beginning to see signs of notable price increases on everything from laptops to paper products.
Back in November, when the newly elected Trump said he would impose a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico and an additional 10% tariff on China, schools could only speculate how that would impact their budgets. Since then, he has bandied about, proposed and withdrawn, and in fact imposed varying degrees of tariffs on nations as a means to combat drug trafficking and illegal immigration and strengthen domestic manufacturing.