Musical instrument manufacturer Moog is threatening to move overseas due to President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's recently imposed tariffs on some Chinese products.

The synthesizer designer based out of North Carolina is the latest major American company threatening to shift its business overseas over increased operation costs caused by hikes on tariffs, NPR News reported Monday.

In an email to customers, the company warned that the Trump administration’s tariffs "will immediately and drastically increase the cost of building our instruments, and have the very real potential of forcing us to lay off workers and could (in a worst case scenario) require us to move some, if not all, of our manufacturing overseas."

The company in the letter explained that although it has made efforts to make its circuit boards with U.S. suppliers when affordable, even if it means paying a 30 percent markup in contrast to what it would pay for the same product overseas, the majority of the circuit boards and associated components for Moog’s instruments are shipped in from China.

As a result, the company is warning it may have to shift its business overseas as it will not be able to avoid "this substantial cost increase."

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The Trump administration is preparing to slap tariffs on $34 billion worth of goods imported from China, with another round to follow. China has promised to retaliate.

Moog called on its consumer base to contact the state’s Republican lawmakers, Reps. Mark Meadows Mark Randall MeadowsThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November House moves toward spending vote after bipartisan talks House Democrats mull delay on spending bill vote MORE and Patrick McHenry Patrick Timothy McHenryCheney battle raises questions about House GOP's future Hillicon Valley: Democrats request counterintelligence briefing | New pressure for election funding | Republicans urge retaliation against Chinese hackers House Republicans urge Trump to take action against Chinese hackers targeting coronavirus research MORE and Sens. Richard Burr Richard Mauze BurrRep. Mark Walker says he's been contacted about Liberty University vacancy Overnight Defense: Trump rejects major cut to military health care | Senate report says Trump campaign's Russia contacts posed 'grave' threat Senate report describes closer ties between 2016 Trump campaign, Russia MORE and Thom Tillis Thomas (Thom) Roland TillisThe Hill's Campaign Report: GOP set to ask SCOTUS to limit mail-in voting OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA head questions connection of climate change to natural disasters | Pebble Mine executives eye future expansion in recorded conversations | EPA questions science linking widely used pesticide to brain damage in children Liberal super PAC launches ads targeting vulnerable GOP senators over SCOTUS fight MORE. It created a template letter detailed in the email and instructed its customers to sign and send it to the lawmakers.

Moog’s call arrives just a week after Wisconsin-based motorcycle company Harley-Davidson announced that it would shift some of its production abroad due to separate tariffs. The European Union plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on motorcycles after Trump hiked tariffs on products coming from the EU.