Extra cost: Gagnon, seen here working at his factory in Massachusetts, notes that tariffs have weighed heavily on his company’s main competitor. — Reuters
THE US-China trade war is creating something William Gagnon once thought impossible – a 100% American-made bathroom hand dryer.
Gagnon’s family-owned company, Excel Dryer Inc, sells about US$40mil (RM165mil) worth of dryers a year that mostly go into public bathrooms, including at airports and casinos as well as at Starbucks Corp and Walmart Inc stores across the United States.
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