Barbie maker Mattel announced it is raising prices on some of its toys and "further reducing reliance on China-sourced products" as the company navigates a "volatile macro-economic environment and ...

Mattel, the iconic maker of Barbie, said in its first quarter earnings report this week it plans to raise prices on American toys in direct response to the administration's new trade policies.

That, at least, seems to have come to fruition. Mattel, the toy manufacturing giant and maker of Barbie, plans to raise prices on American toys due to tariffs, it said Monday in its earnings report.

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Days after Trump defended his tariffs with comments about dolls, Mattel says they may have to raise prices in the U.S.

Barbie is getting more expensive ... About 40 percent of Mattel’s toys are made in China, and Trump’s administration has imposed a 145% tariff on Chinese imports, part of a broader effort ...

Apart from China, Mattel imports products such as Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels toys from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, which were also hit by reciprocal tariffs from the Trump administration in ...

Trump's warning against Mattel comes as toys, especially Barbie dolls, have become a hot topic about tariffs and the trade policies of his administration.(AP/Getty) “I've heard [Mattel] said ...