If you are going to need anything made in China, I would buy it now while you still can.  Many companies have already decided that it no longer makes any economic sense to import Chinese-made products into the United States because tariff rates are so high.  As a result, there are certain things that will soon no longer be available to U.S. consumers.  On Monday, when I posted an article warning about "empty shelves" in the months ahead, some people thought that I was exaggerating.  But of course the truth is that I was not exaggerating at all.  On Tuesday, the CEOs of Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe's specifically warned President Trump that store shelves all over the country could "soon be empty" during a meeting at the White House

The CEOs of Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe's, all of whom delivered a blunt message about interruptions in the supply chain and its effects on consumers, were invited to the White House as part of an ongoing internal campaign to make the case to Trump about the real-world impact of his policies, administration officials said.

Trump's tariffs have placed significant pressure on the retail sector. The business leaders warned that store shelves across America could "soon be empty," two people familiar with the meeting said, as they presented a dire economic picture that could come into sharper view within weeks.