While American consumers and markets wonder and worry about President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs, Gulf coast shrimpers are cheering him on. They hope tariffs will be a safety net to prop up their struggling business. American shrimpers have been hammered in recent years by cheap imports that flooded the U.S. market. They hope tariffs will raise the price of imports and help them stay afloat by making their product more competitive. AP video by Lekan Oyekanmi
Meet the Gulf shrimpers rooting on Trump’s tariffs in a Texas fishing town
While American consumers and markets wonder and worry about President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs, Gulf coast shrimpers are cheering him on. They hope tariffs will be a safety net to prop up their struggling business. American shrimpers have been hammered in recent years by cheap imports that flooded the U.S. market. They hope tariffs will raise the price of imports and help them stay afloat by making their product more competitive. AP video by Lekan Oyekanmi