Made in America? Shoe Companies Already Tried That.

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  Americans love their sneakers.

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  These are blue Adidas Campus O's.

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  I'm literally obsessed with these.

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  Let me grab the 740B2s and the 1130.

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  This is a pair of Nike Air Mags.

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  I just want some good looking Jordan 11s.

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  Most of those shoes are made in Asia, in three countries, Vietnam, Indonesia, and China.

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  And it's been this way for now about 20 years.

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  That's my colleague, John Emont.

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  Whether it's Adidas or Nike or Under Armour, they're making their shoes in these three countries,

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  and they're kind of the Goldilocks countries for shoes.

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  That's the way most modern shoemaking is done.

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  Shoes are crafted in factories in Asia by tens of thousands of laborers making relatively low wages.

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  And those shoes are then shipped and sold all over the world.

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  But President Trump would like to change that.

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  Donald Trump has introduced tariffs on Asian countries,

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  including the three Asian shoemakers we discussed, Vietnam, Indonesia, and China.

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  And the stated purpose of that is to bring back manufacturing to the United States.

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  Though some of Trump's tariffs have been paused,

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  shoe companies are still facing pressure to move production back home.

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