MUAR, Malaysia/HANOI -- Jeffrey Eng says he is "worried." The owner of furniture maker TKL Gallery Group, based in the southern Malaysia city of Muar, exports 100 containers of wooden furniture a month and almost all of it heads to the U.S. But now he is unsure because this week he was sucked into Donald Trump's trade war when the U.S. president imposed hefty tariffs on timber and wooden furniture products.
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Asia's wooden furniture industry feels brunt of new US tariffs
Fresh levies unsettle manufacturers in sector with already tight margins
Workers at a wooden furniture factory in Muar, Johor State, Malaysia. The industry has been plunged into uncertainty this week after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed heavy tariffs on the sector. © Muar Furniture Association
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