As your Cook County commissioner representing Homewood, I am deeply concerned about the destructive impact tariffs are having on local businesses, farmers and working families.
Tariffs — essentially taxes on imported goods — are often framed as tools for economic protection. But in reality, they amount to economic sabotage. They drive up costs for consumers, weaken our ability to compete on the global stage and fuel trade wars that devastate export-driven industries.
Our small businesses…
