Tariffs Vs. Small Business: Mike Musheinish
An episode of the SKEPTIC’S GUIDE TO INVESTING podcast, hosted by Steve Davenport, Clement Miller, titled "Tariffs Vs. Small Business: Mike Musheinish" was published on March 31, 2026 and runs 53 minutes.
March 31, 2026 ·53m · SKEPTIC’S GUIDE TO INVESTING
Summary
Please text and tell us what you like A tariff isn’t a headline. It’s a line item that can turn a $100 auto part into $172.50 before you even add shipping, labor, boxes, marketplace fees, insurance, or a modest profit. We sit down with Mike Musheinesh of Detroit Axle to translate trade policy into the day-to-day reality of running a U.S. small business in the auto parts industry, where margins are thin and pricing errors get punished fast. From there, we go deeper than sticker shock. We talk...
Episode Description
Please text and tell us what you like
A tariff isn’t a headline. It’s a line item that can turn a $100 auto part into $172.50 before you even add shipping, labor, boxes, marketplace fees, insurance, or a modest profit. We sit down with Mike Musheinesh of Detroit Axle to translate trade policy into the day-to-day reality of running a U.S. small business in the auto parts industry, where margins are thin and pricing errors get punished fast.
From there, we go deeper than sticker shock. We talk through how import tariffs actually land on American companies and consumers, why the “other country pays” claim falls apart, and how constant changes create planning chaos across supply chains. We also unpack the legal and constitutional questions around tariff authority, including the power of the purse, the Court of International Trade, and the different frameworks policymakers reach for such as IEEPA emergency tariffs, Section 301, and Section 232. Along the way, we debate trade deficits, de minimis shipments, and how exemptions and workarounds can turn policy into a game rigged for insiders.
The conversation ends by connecting tariffs to bigger macro risks: war-driven energy prices, disruptions in oil, LNG, and fertilizer, and the possibility of a wider inflation shock that feels worse than recent supply chain crises. If you care about investing, inflation, small business economics, U.S. manufacturing, and the future of free trade, this one brings receipts and hard questions. Subscribe, share this with a friend who argues about tariffs, and leave a review with your take: what should the U.S. do next?
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