Tariffs hit boots, bags and more as leather prices jump — and relief could be years away

Photo: A shoemaker cutting leather. Photo credit: Gül Işık via Pexels. Article by Luke Fountain. CNBC – updated December 26, 2025.

Bootmaker Twisted X — known for its Western footwear — was thrown into chaos overnight when President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports in April. The company turned a conference room at its Decatur, Texas, headquarters into a “tariff war room” as import costs on its finished work boots surged, shipments were paused mid-transit and invoices fluctuated so wildly that staff found themselves recalculating margins by the hour. […]

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