In the middle of the warehouse, right next to the rollers with the wrapping paper, there is a box with colorful lollipops: peach, melon, lime. The model railway manufacturer sends the US state Tennessee A locomotive to a collector is there something sweet as a small sign of attention. One lolli per package, so it has a tradition at scaletrains. After all, they live here from the loyalty of their customers, most of them have been ordering from them for years.
But maybe not long. Because scaletrains lets his models build with a Chinese partner company. From there they are brought to the warehouse in Tennessee and – including Lolli – sent all over the world. Two weeks ago Donald Trump However, tariffs of 145 percent for all imports from China. If you persist, scaletrains will only be able to survive for a few weeks, says managing director Shane Wilson.
