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Rachel Leingang in Vernon Hills, Illinois, with photographs by Jamie Kelter Davis

‘We wanted to take action’: US toy company fights back over Trump tariffs

Factory floor
The Learning Resources in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Photograph: Jamie Kelter Davis/The Guardian

The conveyors whir in the massive warehouse, boxes gliding at fast clip, filling up with toys ready to be shipped out for holiday gifts across the country. They make their way to shipping trucks, nearly full with hundreds of boxes by the afternoon of a recent Thursday.

The 364,000 sq ft warehouse in the suburbs outside Chicago is just one of Learning Resources’ investments in the US. The company and its affiliated brands employ more than 500 people. They make about 2,000 different products, mostly educational toys such as children’s binoculars, cash registers and learning games.

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