On the heels of a historic trade win, a coalition representing four American food industries praised President Trump’s “America First” leadership, while calling for targeted tariffs on imported honey, catfish, crawfish, and shrimp to counter years of predatory trade practices.
The coalition—comprising the American Honey Producers Association, Catfish Farmers of America, Crawfish Processors Alliance, Louisiana Farm Bureau Crawfish Committee, and Southern Shrimp Alliance—warned in a joint letter that American food security is at risk without immediate action against dumped imports from Vietnam, China, India, and other nations. These vital industries risk collapse, undermining rural economies and American agricultural independence, absent strategic intervention.