While cargo ships from China sat idle in the Bay awaiting customs payments, state Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, stood with Chinatown’s business leaders Tuesday and called on President Donald Trump to end a brewing trade war.
According to Haney, family-owned businesses, many run by immigrants, are being pushed to the brink by the Trump administration’s extreme 145% tariff on Chinese imports. The tariffs have triggered price spikes on essential goods like dry noodles, teas, sauces, and traditional medicines, devastating small local shops that rely heavily on imported inventory.
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