The Trump administration’s trade war with China is already causing headaches for companies supplying fireworks for today’s July 4 celebrations, and it may get worse in 2026, when the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding.
About 99 percent of the fireworks used in the U.S. come from China and producers and importers have struggled to navigate a rapidly changing tariff rate that has jumped from 10 percent to 145 percent, and to a current level of 30 percent, which expires in August.
