US business groups launch anti-tariff campaign

A new multi-industry coalition of US businesses, agriculture groups and manufacturers launched a multi-million-dollar campaign on Wednesday to bring more attention to the harm tariffs are doing to business and the economy.

The Americans for Free Trade coalition includes the National Retail Federation, the American Petroleum Institute, the Toy Association and more than 80 other organizations. The campaign is called "Tariffs Hurt the Heartland" and is the largest unified effort by US businesses against tariffs to date.

The coalition is teaming up with Farmers for Free Trade, a group backed by the nation's largest agriculture commodity groups.