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Trump tariffs putting tens of thousands of board game industry jobs at risk, GAMA says, as it joins second anti-tariffs lawsuit it likens to “a sledgehammer” rather than “a scalpel”

Donald Trump's emergency tariffs are an "existential crisis" to board game companies and threaten tens of thousands of jobs in the industry, the Game Manufacturer's Association has said, amid joining its second lawsuit fighting the US President's ability to unilaterally impose the import charges.

“Despair. Hopelessness. Frustration. Sadness”: board game professionals fear for industry’s future under “reckless” Trump tariffs – but GAMA plans to fight back

Punishing import tariffs threatened by US president-elect Donald Trump could lead to a "great collapse" of the US board game industry, with publishers, distributors and retailers of all sizes facing the threat of going under, professionals within the industry have told BoardGameWire.