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A Tariff Meltdown for American Chocolate Makers

A Tariff Meltdown for American Chocolate Makers

WSJ.COM

President Trump seems to think border taxes are a Willy Wonka golden ticket for the U.S. economy. But what does it do to America’s artisan chocolate businesses when huge duties raise the cost of cacao, an ingredient that only grows some 20 degrees above and below the equator?