Gajimare masu yawa da wuri. Wasu suna raguwa a cikin gajimare daga baya a rana. Babban zafin digiri na 83F. Iska mai ƙarfi a sararin samaniya a gudun kilomita 5 zuwa 10 a awa daya.
Wani mutum yana tsaye a kan tarin bututun ƙarfe a tashar jiragen ruwa ta kayayyakin ƙarfe da ke gefen Kogin Yangtze a gundumar Chongqing da ke kudu maso yammacin China a shekarar 2014.
Ma'aikata 170 na Trinity Products sun ji labari mai daɗi a wannan makon: Suna kan hanyar samun sama da dala 5,000 kowanne a cikin rabon riba a wannan shekarar.
Wannan ya karu daga dala $1,100 a bara kuma wani babban ci gaba ne idan aka kwatanta da 2015, 2016 da 2017, lokacin da kamfanin kera bututun ƙarfe bai sami isasshen kuɗi don biyan kuɗin ba.
Bambancin, a cewar shugaban kamfanin Robert Griggs, shi ne harajin da Shugaba Donald Trump ya sanya, tare da wasu hukunce-hukuncen hana zubar da bututu, sun sake sanya masana'antar bututu ta zama kasuwanci mai kyau.
An rufe masana'antar bututun Trinity da ke St. Charles a makon da ya gabata sakamakon ambaliyar ruwa, amma Griggs na sa ran za a fara aiki da ita a wannan makon, inda za a samar da bututu mai girman diamita ga tashoshin jiragen ruwa, filayen mai da ayyukan gine-gine a faɗin ƙasar. Trinity kuma tana da kamfanin kera bututu a O'Fallon, Mo.
A shekarun 2016 da 2017, Trinity ta rasa jerin manyan odar bututu daga China da ake sayarwa, in ji Griggs, kan ƙasa da abin da zai biya kuɗin ƙarfen da aka yi amfani da shi don yin bututun. A wani aiki da aka yi a Holland Tunnel da ke birnin New York, ya sha kashi a hannun wani kamfani da ke sayar da bututun da aka ƙera a Turkiyya daga na'urorin ƙarfe da aka yi a China.
Kamfanin Trinity yana da tashar jirgin ƙasa a Pennsylvania, mil 90 daga ramin, amma ba zai iya yin gogayya da ƙarfe da ke yawo kashi biyu bisa uku na faɗin duniya ba. "Mu ne masu samar da kayayyaki a cikin gida masu rahusa, kuma mun rasa wannan tayin da kashi 12%," in ji Griggs. "Ba mu sami ko ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan manyan ayyuka a lokacin ba."
Kamfanin Trinity ya dakatar da ayyukan jari na dala miliyan 8 a lokacin da ake cikin mawuyacin hali kuma ya rage ma'aunin 401(k), amma mafi munin bangare, in ji Griggs, shine dole ne ya bata wa ma'aikata rai. Kamfanin Trinity yana gudanar da harkokin bude littattafai, yana raba rahotannin kudi na wata-wata tare da ma'aikata da kuma raba riba tare da su a cikin shekaru masu kyau.
"Ina jin kunyar tashi a gaban ma'aikata na idan suna aiki tukuru kuma dole in ce, 'Ku mutane, ba ma samun riba mai yawa,'" in ji Griggs.
Masana'antar ƙarfe ta Amurka ta ce matsalar ita ce, kuma ita ce, yawan ƙarfin da ake da shi a China. Ƙungiyar Haɗin Kan Tattalin Arziki da Ci Gaba ta ƙididdige cewa masana'antun ƙarfe na duniya za su iya samar da tan miliyan 561 fiye da yadda masu amfani da ƙarfe ke buƙata, kuma yawancin wannan adadin ya samo asali ne lokacin da China ta ninka ƙarfin aikin ƙarfe tsakanin 2006 da 2015.
Griggs ya ce bai damu sosai game da batutuwan ciniki a baya ba, amma lokacin da yawan ƙarfe na ƙasashen waje ya fara lalata kasuwancinsa, sai ya yanke shawarar yaƙi. Trinity ta shiga ƙungiyar masu samar da bututu waɗanda suka shigar da ƙarar ciniki kan China da wasu ƙasashe biyar.
A watan Afrilu, Ma'aikatar Kasuwanci ta yanke hukuncin cewa masu shigo da bututun China masu girman diamita su biya harajin 337%. Ta kuma sanya haraji a kan bututun daga Kanada, Girka, Indiya, Koriya ta Kudu da Turkiyya.
Waɗannan harajin, ban da kashi 25% na harajin da Trump ya sanya a bara kan yawancin ƙarfe da aka shigo da su daga ƙasashen waje, sun sauya al'amura ga masu kera kamar Trinity. "Muna cikin mafi kyawun matsayi da na gani a cikin shekaru goma," in ji Griggs.
Harajin ya zo ne da tsada ga tattalin arzikin Amurka baki ɗaya. Wani bincike, wanda masana tattalin arziki daga Bankin Tarayya na New York, Jami'ar Princeton da Jami'ar Columbia suka gudanar, ya kiyasta cewa harajin Trump yana kashe masu sayayya da 'yan kasuwa dala biliyan 3 a wata a cikin ƙarin haraji da dala biliyan 1.4 a wata a cikin asarar inganci.
Duk da haka, Griggs ya yi jayayya cewa gwamnati tana buƙatar kare masana'antun Amurka daga gasa mara adalci da tallafi. Akwai lokutan da ya yi tambaya game da hankalinsa game da saka hannun jari na dala miliyan 10 don buɗe masana'antar St. Charles a 2007 da kuma ƙarin miliyoyin abubuwa don faɗaɗa ta tun daga lokacin.
Ya ce samun damar raba waɗannan manyan cekin raba riba a ƙarshen shekara zai sa komai ya zama mai amfani.
Lokacin Saƙo: Yuni-20-2019