Tariffs dim fireworks at celebrations

As cities across the United States marked the nation's 250th birthday, the celebrations might have looked different this year, with rising costs casting a shadow over the longstanding tradition of the Independence Day fireworks display. Across the country, local officials and fireworks companies say that tariffs on Chinese-made fireworks, coupled with higher labor and equipment costs and unusually heavy demand tied to the semiquincentennial, have driven up the price of Fourth of July shows. The