Trump tariffsTabletop games industry fears losing big under Trump's China tariffs
Multibillion-dollar business highlights difficulty of bringing manufacturing to US
Attendees play a giant version of the popular Catan board game at an expo in Austin, Texas, in 2017. Donald Trump's sweeping trade tariffs have unsettled the tabletop games industry. © Reuters
TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump has at times downplayed the impact of his tariffs on China, suggesting recently that children could have "two dolls instead of 30" if supplies run low at American toy stores. A multibillion-dollar leisure sector with legions of devotees, however, insists that this is no game.