CLINTON, CT (WFSB) - Tariffs against Mexico and Canada have local businesses paying more to get their goods.

The question is whether or not businesses will absorb that cost.

Madison Furniture Barn, located in Clinton, gets some of their products from Canada.

Due to the tariffs, these products now cost 25 percent more.

Canadel, the supplier, has agreed to absorb 15 percent of the cost.

However, the other 10 percent falls onto Madison Furniture Barn.

For now, the furniture barn is going to eat the cost, meaning customers won't have to pay the increase.

"We are going to absorb it as long as we can, but we don't know how long this is going to go on," said Eileen Smith with Madison Furniture Barn.

Smith wants to do right by her customers after being in business for nearly 13 years.

"Everybody is mentioning it. We've gotten a few phone calls... 'Are prices going to go up?' and we said 'No they aren't, unless we have to'," she said.

President Trump's tariffs have many other businesses trying to balance the books as well.

"There's only so long you can absorb big expenses like that, but we are certainly going to try," added Smith.

Janice Antolini, longtime customer from Stonington, was out shopping for furniture before prices potentially increase.

When asked if she thought people would start paying more for things because of the tariffs, Antolini said, "I think we might, but I also think it may not be as bad as we think."

President Trump argued the tariffs will help increase U.S. manufacturing.

Many of the products on the showroom floor at Furniture Barn were made in America.

"Anything they can bring back to the United States would be helpful to us, I think," said Antolini.

Some products at Furniture Barn are from Quebec, meaning it's now a race against the clock to keep the price tags the same.

"Excellent quality, it's kind of our bread and butter... Hopefully our customers won't feel the pinch yet," Smith said.