@SW-User It's definitely a tough situation. increase costs of import put pressure on my productivity, lowering returns. while interest rates have started to decrease, a lot of financial institutions manage a borrowing practice that is unfavorable toward "small" business such as mine. Lifelines in the shape of LoC and leveraged debit offer short term relief at the price of long term burden. Tenure at my shop is long, 5+ years avg. I pay above competitive salary to retain the best operators. But 25% tariff on these commodities is a nuclear bomb in my industry. My layoff package will include a generous severance to help them transition. And through my network I'll help my employees find work with the larger companies who have the capital to absorb additional costs and sustain a prolonged trade war. I won't sell my contracts b/c I don't trust my competitors will do a good job. I'll miss my employees, and my customers. Maybe precision manufacturing doesn't have a future in America, we will wait and see. That's the story from up state NY.