Trade policies don’t just sit in a vacuum affecting no-one. Increased and unpredictable tariffs affect businesses and employment. From Fox Business News…
Kent International employs more than 100 workers on their South Carolina (USA) assembly line, producing mass-merchant bicycles from imported and US-made components. Since 2015 Kent has qualified for a ‘Made in USA with Domestic and Imported Parts’ label.
Chairman of Kent International, Arnold Kamler, appeared on The Claman Countdown on the Fox network a few weeks ago to explain the impact of tariffs…
Kent International has since announced it will close its South Carolina assembly facility as of late June 2025, and will lay-off the bulk of its employees. Kent stated the decision was driven by ongoing uncertainty regarding massive tariffs on imported frames and components, making US assembly financially unviable.
The company has cancelled all new orders from China and stated that US-based bicycle assembly would only recommence with substantial changes in the tariff situation.
