Small businesses like mine will be hit hard by Trump

As the owner of a small tech company based in Manchester, I am used to taking an agile approach to things. You have to adapt in order to thrive.

- MARK BROWN

But it is increasingly difficult to predict the ways in which the president of the United States is going to affect my business.

The pace at which Donald Trump chops and changes his mind – as well as the amounts he has threatened to slap on imported goods – is enough to give anyone whiplash.

In February, Trump imposed a 10 per cent tariff on Chinese imports. A few days later, he changed his mind and increased the levy to 20 per cent, this time excluding low-cost items (under $800/£620) – a threshold, for now, we largely sit below.

My company, Editors Keys, supplies creatives – influencers, podcasters and the like – with high-quality kit: slimline keyboards and recording equipment for video editing and sound production.

Even before Trump’s “Liberation Day”, when the president is expected to impose dollar-for-dollar tariffs on goods imported into the US, he has already done damage to my business.