South Carolina Shrimpers See Tariffs as Opportunity, Want Targeted Approach
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) -- As President Donald Trump's shifting tariff policies rattle the stock market and worry consumers, one local industry sees them as an opportunity.
"The first news of the tariffs, we were all excited," Bryan Jones, a first-generation shrimper who lives in McClellanville, said. "We certainly empathize with anybody that views this as a negative downturn...but [with] this suffering that our industry has had for the last 20 years, our view is that it will provide a lifeline."
The domestic shrimping industry has suffered in recent decades...
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