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How Trump’s China Tariffs Are Jeopardizing America’s Fireworks Extravaganzas
The pyrotechnics industry relies heavily on Chinese fireworks imports and warns that this could be the last big bang Fourth ...
A Chinese Fireworks Maker Is Going All In on the U.S. Despite Tariffs
Tariff uncertainty is threatening to snuff out an ancient industry as the U.S. prepares its biggest fireworks shows in years.
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Tariffs impact Monroe County fireworks sales, sellers adapt
As the Fourth of July celebrations have concluded, local fireworks stands have wrapped up their sales for the season. This ...
Fireworks business booms this Fourth of July as trade talks fizzle out incoming supplies
Some fireworks companies warn tariffs could slow business ahead of America's 250th birthday in 2026. The American ...
Why your Fourth of July fireworks might be disrupted — next year
The U.S. is arguably never more dependent on China than on July 4, when the nation celebrates its rebellion against British ...
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How one Chinese businessman became the largest fireworks supplier in the U.S.
Roughly 70% of all Chinese fireworks entering the United States come here under the control of a Chinese businessman who has used his influence to raise prices and block competitors, leaving ...
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The explosive history of fireworks, from ancient China to Revolutionary America - NPR
Fireworks began in ancient China before spreading West. The thinking goes that someone living in China around the first century B.C. threw a piece of bamboo on a fire and it exploded with a bang ...
Houston-area fireworks seller says he may close his business as prices rise due to tariffs
Houston-area fireworks sellers say they are worried about price increases due to Trump tariffs on imports from China, ...