Mid Continent Nail Corp in Poplar Bluffs, Missouri, laid off 60 of its 500 workers on June 15, and the company plans to cut 200 more by the end of July because of the tariff.
It wants to save the jobs in Poplar Bluff.
The company's 2015 expansion in Poplar Bluffs included the addition of a new line, the hiring of nearly 100 workers and a $5 million investment.
"State Senator Doug Libla, a Republican from Poplar Bluff and the former owner of Mid Continent, told Missourinet.
Designers of Huawei Technologies Co have drawn inspiration from a salt-tolerant plant species－Populus euphratica, commonly known as the euphrates poplar, or desert poplar－found in the boundless, sparsely populated and extremely inhospitable Gobi Desert in northwestern China.
In the desert, rows of poplar trees sway in silence.
"Desert poplar represents the spirit of the Chinese people, as they never yield to difficulties and always stay strong," said Yu Chengdong, CEO of consumer business group at Huawei.