Articles Tagged with ''President Donald Trump''

With the July 8 tariff pause nearing expiration, the White House has secured just two trade deals, raising concerns about renewed tariffs, supply-chain disruptions and increased costs for roofing contractors and building suppliers.

President Donald Trump’s deportation policy reversals — initially shielding farms and hotels, then reversing course — leave roofing contractors exposed amid workforce raids and visa program gaps. Trade groups have been actively contacting members of Congress.

The Associated Builders and Contractors trade group, which has long opposed mandated project labor agreements, or PLAs, states that it will continue to challenge the project labor agreement mandate in court.

With protests over ICE tactics spreading beyond Los Angeles, Roofing Contractor examined the data and discovered that Florida is the epicenter of immigration enforcement in roofing and construction. 

Aluminum and steel tariffs doubled on June 4, spiking prices 54% and straining construction budgets. Contractors face rising costs, labor shortages and shrinking margins amid the most aggressive trade stance in decades.

The department suddenly closes regional offices nationwide, scrambling to find accommodations for those enrolled in Job Corp.

A federal court struck down Trump’s broad “Liberation Day” tariffs, ruling that they exceeded his emergency powers and reaffirmed Congress’s authority over trade policy, thereby bolstering stable global trade dynamics.

Tax reforms in the recently House-passed version of the 2026 federal budget proposal offer good news for roofing contractors — if the country can weather its long-term costs.