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Fireworks Vendors on Edge After Trump Threatens to Impose More Tariffs on
Chinese Imports

Rob Garver

   WASHINGTON - As President Trump prepares for a key meeting with Chinese
   President Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit in Osaka later this week,
   cities and towns across the country are gearing up for annual
   Independence Day celebrations -- events that could look very different
   in 2020 if the two leaders are unable to resolve a deepening conflict
   over trade.

   The United States has already imposed tariffs on $200 billion in annual
   imports from China, and is threatening to increase that figure to $500
   billion, covering virtually everything shipped from China to the United
   States. Among the thousands of items that could be affected are the
   fireworks that Americans are used to seeing burst in the air over their
   July 4th picnics and barbecues.

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