Many companies at NEAF were taking a proactive approach to warning customers about potential price hikes. Credit: Mark Zastrow
The telescope industry in the U.S. has been thrown into chaos as a result of the Trump administration’s escalating trade conflict with China, as manufacturers contemplate price hikes and worry about the possibility of slowing demand.
In the latest round of tariffs, U.S. President Donald Trump announced April 9 that duties on goods imported from China would rise to a whopping 145 percent, effectively immediately — up from 20 percent just days earlier.
At the same time, the administration paused tariffs on dozens of other nations that had gone into effect earlier that day, raising hopes that…