Thread: Trade War Coming to Shaving

It has been a while since I have posted here. My career is in international trade compliance and I ran into something the other day that I thought was interesting. Those of us in USA might be hearing about the trade war and the additional import duties being applied to various products. Steel and stainless steel was the big one that got all the headlines. However, there are many item on the list, especially items from China. Last week an addition to the list was published and includes 10% additional duty for badger hair. Right now the list is under the comment period and then the duties will most likely be applied in August. Since most shaving brushes are made with badger hair and most badger hair is sourced in China, anyone making brushes in USA are probably going to see an increase in the cost for the hair.
I am not making any political based comments and don't intend for this to become a political chain. Right or wrong, good, bad or indifferent, I just noticed badger hair on the list for the next round of increased duties (because reading lists like this is part of my job) and thought it might be interesting to this group.