Trump’s 2025 tariffs to trigger fresh layoffs in 2026

Key Highlights

• Employers, as a result, are hesitant to add more workers or expand their operations.
• More companies instead are moving to shrink their headcount, according to the latest survey from the Institute for Supply Management released on Tuesday.
• That trend could continue going into 2026.
• "We are starting to institute more permanent changes due to the tariff environment,” said one business executive in the transportation equipment sector.
• “This includes reduction of staff, new guidance to shareholders, and development of additional offshore manufacturing that would have otherwise been for U. S.