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Mattel Raises Prices Amid Tariff Impact
Above: Barbie dolls are pictured during the preview of the exhibition "Barbie, a cultural icon" in Milan on Sept. 12, 2024. Image copyright: Gabriel Bouys/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Trump narrative
These tariffs are necessary to drive manufacturing back to America and protect domestic industries. Even if toys become more expensive, families can adjust their purchasing habits, and maybe children will have fewer but higher-quality toys. Children don't need 30 dolls, and Americans can recalibrate their consumption patterns.
Anti-Trump narrative
Reshoring toy manufacturing to America is unrealistic and would make products unaffordable for consumers. The current tariffs threaten to disrupt the toy industry's established supply chains and force significant price increases. Even worse, Trump seems to be signaling a looming supply chain catastrophe with his doll and tariff comments.