Tariffs on Chinese imports making business ‘worse than 2008’ for local restaurant

Due South · May 12, 2025 · 50m

Editor's note: This Due South interview was recorded before recent tariff negotiations with China.

The prices of imported goods are almost certain to go up, as tariffs from the U.S. take effect. While President Trump has instated a 90-day pause, it doesn’t apply to a 145% tariff on China.

And, NC School districts relied on federal funding to buy local produce, but that federal funding is now gone.

Plus, NPR’s Emily Feng shares stories of a growing and changing China in Let Only Red Flowers Bloom.

Guests

Liz Schlemmer, Education reporter at WUNC

Emily Feng, foreign correspondent for NPR who…