How Trump tariffs could upend California farms, wine and ports

Tariffs put San Diego’s innovation economy at risk

San Diego’s innovation economy is a uniquely powerful engine — one driven not by heavy industry or low-cost labor, but by something much harder to replicate: talent, innovation and global collaboration. The region is a major innovation cluster with over 16,000 innovation related companies calling San Diego home and includes some of the most advanced companies in technology,  life sciences, communications, cybersecurity, software, defense and AI.…

Dan Walters | California’s Self-Inflicted Economic Woes

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of President Donald Trump’s broad imposition of tariffs on imported goods. “President Trump’s unlawful tariffs are wreaking chaos on California families, businesses, and our economy, driving up prices and threatening jobs,” Newsom said in a statement. The tariffs could have all of those negative impacts, but California’s economy was already slugg…

How Trump tariffs could upend California farms, wine and ports

By Levi Sumagaysay | CalMatters President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are putting many California businesses, jobs and the state budget at risk. They’re affecting not only long-term relationships with trading partners, but an intricate web of ecosystems and supply chains. The California business owners and groups grappling with the tariffs — wine shop owners, winery founders, farmers — say the precise effects on their industries a…

Monte Belmonte Wines: What will Trump’s tariffs mean for wine prices? Local experts voice predictions, as tariffs continue to be a moving target

By Monte Belmonte For the Valley Advocate “Godspeed, everyone. May your supplier discounts be generous, and may wine on the water be saved by the powers that be.” It was a striking quote on a Facebook Group that I follow called the US Wine Trade Alliance. I initially encountered this group at the beginning of the first Trump administration during their first dalliance with threats of tariffs as economic vengeance. I used the group as a resource …

How Trump’s tariffs could affect CA wine

Farmworkers work at the Heringer Estates Family Vineyards and Winery in Clarksburg on March 24, 2020. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo As California moves to sue President Donald Trump’s administration over tariffs, Californians working in the state’s wine, agricultural and port industries must navigate a murky economic outlook that could upend their livelihoods, writes CalMatters’ Levi Sumagaysay. Igor Ivanov owns the Vinous Reverie wine sh…

How tariffs could upend California's wine, ag industries | Morgan Hill Times | Morgan Hill, San Martin, CA

President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are putting many California businesses, jobs and the state budget at risk. They’re affecting not only long-term relationships with trading partners, but an intricate web of ecosystems and supply chains.  The California business owners and groups grappling with the tariffs—wine shop owners, winery founders, farmers—say the precise effects on their industries are unclear so far. They hope there …