Sen. Collins wants steel, aluminum tariff exclusion process reopened

The Trump administration should reopen an exclusion process for tariffs on steel and aluminum, Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) said on Monday, contending that those levies have made nearly all equipment used by lobster fishermen more expensive. “Lobstering has become a more expensive profession in recent years as lobstermen’s earning per pound in 2024 decreased to some of the lowest levels in the past 75 years, and I continue to hear from lobstermen about the ways that tariffs...