Steve Madden says it will cut production in China to avoid Trump tariffs
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One company is already responding to President-elect Trump's proposed tariffs, which if imposed could result in higher prices for American consumers as retailers pass along added costs on imports to shoppers.
Shoemaker Steve Madden says it plans to import fewer goods made in China to the U.S., and replace them with items made in other countries.
The company said on an earnings call with analysts Thursday that the plan to reduce its reliance on China and diversify its imports has been in the works for some time.
Attorneys for a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to take the death penalty off the table Thursday, arguing that international, federal and state law all make it inappropriate for the case. But a victim's mother who attended the hearing said the suspect "deserves to die."
Trump ally and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani got a tongue lashing Thursday in federal court after missing a deadline to turn over valuables to two election workers he defamed, including one asset, a vintage Mercedes, that he took for a drive to vote in Florida. He owes the women, Ruby Freeman and daughter Wandrea Moss, millions in damages.