Gov’t to Encourage U.S. to Reconsider New Tariff on Bahamian Exports – Eye Witness Newsplay-sharp-fillHide picture

Gov’t to Encourage U.S. to Reconsider New Tariff on Bahamian Exports – Eye Witness Newsplay-sharp-fillHide picture

Total Trump tariff crawfish exemption likely ‘long shot’

A FISHERIES executive yesterday conceded it will be “a long shot” to get Bahamian lobster and stone crab exports totally exempted from Donald Trump’s 12.5 percent tariff but praised the Government’s bid to have the rate lowered as a “more realistic” goal.