Alec Laughlin owns Laughlin Mercantile and Philandry, and some of his products are imported from outside of the country. Even though he isn’t seeing tariffs affect him yet, he said he’s not sure about the future of the economy.
“So far so good,” Laughlin said. “The uncertainty of it makes it a little more challenging to plan, to pull the trigger on certain projects.”
He sources fabrics from the U.S., but some of his products come from out the country. He also sources boots from Mexico.
“There are fabrics that I’m postponing for right now that are coming from Canada,” he said.
Senator Mark Kelly and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer visited Laughlin’s shop on Sunday as well as a few other businesses at Mercado San Agustin.
“Our relationship with Mexico, our trading relationship is really important to our economy,” Senator Kelly said.
Kelly and Whitmer expressed that they feel Trump’s …