Air conditioning unit prices rising due to tariffs
WISN 12 News
[{'start': '0.133', 'end': '2.202', 'text': "ON THAT.  EMILY REPORTING LIVE IN  MILWAUKEE.  WELL, SOME ICONIC AMERICAN  COMPANIES SENT WARNING SIGNS  ABOUT THE ECONOMY TODAY.  OFFICIALS AT GENERAL MOTORS SAY  EARNINGS WILL BE DOWN 4 TO $5  BILLION THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S  TARIFFS.  OVER AT HERSHEY'S TARIFFS,  THEY'RE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE  COMPANY ABOUT $20 MILLION A  QUARTER.  CLOSER TO HOME, THOUGH, THIS  COULD ALSO AFFECT THE COST OF A  NEW AC UNIT THIS SUMMER.  T.J. DYSART REPORTS.  ONE WISCONSIN COMPANY IS ALREADY  STOCKING UP.  BEFORE WISCONSIN HEATS UP FOR  THE SUMMER.  ROUGHLY HOW MANY AC UNITS ARE IN  HERE RIGHT NOW, WOULD YOU SAY?  WELL, ABOUT 1000.  BILL BRINK IS STOCKING UP HIS  WAREHOUSE.  GOING TO HAVE TO BUY A MASS  QUANTITY TO GET THE PRICE DOWN  FOR THE CUSTOMER.  THE OWNER OF KETTLE MORAINE  HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING IN  DELAFIELD IS TRYING TO PREPARE  FOR AN INCREASE IN COSTS BLAMED  ON TARIFFS.  WE COULD SAY, WELL, THE PRODUCT  IS MADE IN AMERICA OR MADE IN  MEXICO OR WHEREVER IT'S MADE,  BUT ALL THE THINGS NEEDED TO  ASSEMBLE, IT CAME FROM ALL OVER  THE WORLD, ACROSS MULTIPLE  INDUSTRIES.  AMERICAN IMPORTS ARE SEEING  STEEP DECLINES.  ABC NEWS REPORTS THE NUMBER OF  SHIPS COMING IN NEXT WEEK TO LOS  ANGELES IS DOWN ALMOST 36%.  AND IN LONG BEACH, MORE THAN A  DOZEN SHIPS CANCELING TRIPS THIS  MONTH TO GET AHEAD OF IT ALL,  BRINK SAYS HE OVERSTOCKED HIS  WAREHOUSE WITH AS MANY AC UNITS  HE CAN FIT BEFORE THE PRICE GOES  UP.  IF WE WERE TO BUY ANYTHING TODAY  ON, IT WILL HAVE THE TARIFF  APPLIED TO IT.  EVERYTHING IN THE BUILDING THAT  YOU SEE, IT'S ALREADY BEEN  BOUGHT AND PAID FOR.  SO THAT'S PRE-TARIFF.  HOW MUCH DOES ONE OF THESE  NORMALLY COST YOU?  SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I CAN'T  SAY EXACT PRICE BECAUSE EVERY  HOUSE IS A DIFFERENT SIZE AND  EVERY HOME IS A DIFFERENT  INSTALLATION.  RIGHT?  BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE  PRODUCT IS GOING TO COST MORE  THAN IT DID.  SO BRINK SAYS BY NOW, IN  DELAFIELD, T.J. DYSART, WISN 12  NEWS.  AND SO, AMID THE ONGOING TERROR  FIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRADE  REPRESENTATIVE SAYS THE  ADMINISTRATION IS IN THE MIDDLE  OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH"}]