Footwear companies: 'Catastrophic' new tariffs on Chinese goods would hit 'every type of shoe'

Warning that tariffs on Chinese footwear imports would threaten U.S. manufacturers and burden U.S. taxpayers, dozens of U.S. companies this week delivered a stark appeal to the president: End the “trade war.” Citing the president's decision to lay the groundwork on a fourth tranche of Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods, the companies say in a May 20 letter to President Trump that “This significant tax increase ... would impact every type of shoe and every single segment of our...