Small business owners in the Bay Area express alarm over Donald Trump's new tariffs, which are set to impact imports mainly from China and the EU. Restaurant owner Simon Bryant points out existing challenges with rising food costs worsened by these tariffs, which follow recent crises like bird flu affecting egg prices. Others, like Jared Sears from The Spanish Table, highlight the tariffs as a burden on American importers who face additional costs that may be passed down to consumers. Overall, these tariffs could exacerbate inflation and supply chain struggles for small businesses.
The reality is everyone's paying higher prices and this is what's happening. And so we all have to figure out what to do as a community.
We try to always search out the little gems because the peninsula, the Iberian Peninsula, has a lot to offer, and exploring that and sharing it with our customers is really the project here.
It's the American importer that pays the tariff. And that is an additional cost that either has to be eaten or passed on to the consumer.
While aimed at protecting American manufacturers, the move is drawing criticism from small businesses already struggling with inflation and supply chain instability.
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