The Electric: These U.S. Battery Companies Think Full-Throttle Tariffs Are Great

A lot of companies and investors are predicting a bottom-line disaster if President Donald Trump doesn’t seriously scale back or—better yet—eliminate the double- and triple-digit tariffs he has tacked onto imports. But Vikram Handa, managing director of Epsilon Carbon, isn’t one of them. Handa, whose India-based company is building a $650 million synthetic graphite factory in North Carolina, says the tariffs will make the difference as his company fights stiff Chinese competition.