Companies are quietly stripping features, shrinking products and swapping materials while consumers are kept in the dark on 'tariff engineering' costs

As President Donald Trump’s new tariffs take effect, companies are increasingly turning to “tariff engineering,” a practice ...
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‘Tariff engineering' is making a comeback as businesses employ creative ways to skirt higher duties

Would you be bothered if your coat was officially classified as a windbreaker or a raincoat, or your shoes as slippers? Probably not. Businesses do care though, as classifications under a preferred ...
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Companies are quietly stripping features and swapping materials without telling consumers. The hidden costs of 'tariff engineering'

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs take effect, companies are increasingly employing ‘tariff engineering,’ in which they redesign or reclassify commodities so they fall into ...