I'm John Batchel with my colleague Gene Marks, the Small Business columnist for the Guardian newspaper of the Philadelphia Inquiry, writes at Forbes, writes at the Hill.

We turn to small business and the tariff mania around the world.

Big governments talking tariffs all the time.

What does it mean for a small business owner?

The New York Times has an article that says it's bad for and a guide

and the difficulty with the national parks.

I understand that.

But right now, my general impression is that small businesses are anxious about Christmas,

but they can't see it yet.

Gene, I was told 10 to 12 week window until Christmas orders have to all be in.

Are you hearing anxiety from your colleagues about their Christmas already, or is it too early?

It's a little too early to hear that yet.

There's certainly uncertainty and there's certainly anxiety that is out there.

It's, you know, the news and the media spends a lot of time on companies that are really

affected by tariffs and as they should because it's, you know, there are certain companies

that really are, you know, really challenged by this.

But, you know, really challenged by this.

But, you know, John, I, what I've been telling my customers, what I've been telling my readers,

I just wrote a piece about this in the Hill, you know, I am, my expectation is,

and you can prove me wrong on the next couple of months, but in the next couple of months,

most of the tariff, you know, negotiations are going to be resolved with countries around the world, Mexico, Canada, Europe, you know, and, you know, in favor of the

U.S. I think, you know, you know, Trump is calling out a lot of countries for unfair, you know,

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