Imports account for more than 90% of the shrimp consumed in the U.S.
Local shrimpers say this forces them to slash their prices to stay competitive, making them more eager for tariffs. https://nbcnews.to/3DVX04V
Local shrimpers say this forces them to slash their prices to stay competitive, making them more eager for tariffs. https://nbcnews.to/3DVX04V
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So.. inflation
Maine’s governor has raised concerns about retaliation from Canada.
The National Fisheries Institute says seafood tariffs could cause inflation. https://nbcnews.to/3RuiQ2i
You can probs make your car tires out of poor people and your beer cans out of old guns or something, right.
Increased import prices will reduce overall supply - when demand exceeds supply, prices rise/when demand declines so does profit(?)
Trump can't have it both ways; American manufacturing and profit margins while paying Asian wages.
16 years of $7.25 an hour.
https://shrimpalliance.com/u-s-role-in-shrimp-oversupply-crisis-is-an-america-last-agenda/
We don't have to support 🍊 or tariffs to be happy for the few people who may get some much needed protection from this
After all, #bayou people had the hammer dropped on them by DeepwaterHorizon some years ago
#FineFascistsOnBothSides
Damn...just silence...
The domestic shrimp industry cannot meet the high demand, leading to a reliance on imports.
Imported shrimp tends to be more affordable/ readily available than domestic sourced/ wild-caught shrimp.
NBC News AI team: "Let's find the single industry that finds tariffs a net positive for the country."
Shrimpers are the classic case of scalpel use of tariffs.
Now do coffee imports.
Just click-bait sob story article. A sad attempt to muddy the tarrif waters.
They'll be the new billionaires and the rest of us will be their serfs
A blanket wide approach on everything is a disaster but he doesn't want to work that hard. He wants a lot of other people to suffer unnecessarily.
“The Treasury’s greenlighting of shrimp aquaculture development projects—using U.S. taxpayer dollars—defies Congress and sinks American shrimpers. This ‘America Last’ agenda must stop,” said John Williams, executive director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance.”
https://shrimpalliance.com/u-s-role-in-shrimp-oversupply-crisis-is-an-america-last-agenda/
The domestic shrimp industry cannot meet the high demand, leading to a reliance on imports.
America has been destroying the ocean ecosystems where shrimp thrive.
a delecacy like caviar in tiny jars. How cute!
Boycotts work. Elbows Up.
Fuck you.
That said: we aren’t supposed to be in the business of picking winners and losers. 1/2