Tariffs aimed at foreign suppliers squeeze domestic innovators.

NPR story:

A rural Minnesota town is home to the biggest tech giant you’ve never heard of. Now it’s riding out an unprecedented kind of storm.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5332209/digikey-tariff-small-minnesota-town-big-company

Adafruit blog post:

An American story: DigiKey and tariffs

In a recent NPR story, the tariff spotlight turns to DigiKey, a major electronics distributor headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The piece explores how proposed U.S. tariffs could have outsized effects not just on global supply chains, but also on the economic lifeblood of this rural community, where DigiKey is both a major employer and a symbol of American tech innovation far from Silicon Valley.

The article highlights how a tariff aimed at foreign suppliers could squeeze domestic innovators, especially in communities where one company can have a significant impact. How might they fare in all this uncertainty?

https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/04/24/an-american-story-digikey-and-tariffs