Anxiety over tariffs hits Humboldt County businesses

Anxiety over tariffs hits Humboldt County businesses

This week, the Trump administration announced plans to levy new tariffs on virtually all of the U.S.’s trading partners. On Wednesday, the President described it as “Liberation Day” and characterized the tariffs as “retaliatory.” The new tariffs already prompted a massive selloff in the stock market — exacerbated by retaliatory tariffs imposed by China, according to the Associated Press. And Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell noted this week th…