I invested $30,000 to scale my European-based tote bag business in the US — then tariffs hit

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Catalina Mendoza set up the Tote Library with her husband.
Courtesy of Catalina Mendoza
Catalina Mendoza cried on TikTok after tariffs forced her tote bag business to halt sales to the US.
The Tote Library spent more than $30,000 on marketing, trying to expand further in the US…

This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-06-14 09:17:01.
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