Stephan Bisaha

Birmingham

Wealth and Poverty Reporter at WBHM-FM (Birmingham, AL)

Wealth and Poverty Reporter at WWNO-FM (New Orleans, LA)

Wealth and Poverty Reporter at Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Wealth and Poverty Reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom (@wbhm @wwno @mpbnews). [email protected]

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Articles

Why do shrimpers like tariffs?

1 week ago | wrvo.org | Stephan Bisaha |Adrian Ma |Lilly Quiroz |Kate Concannon

Many businesses are scared of what President Trump's tariffs will mean for their industry. However, the shrimping industry is one that doesn't seem to be worried. In fact, shrimpers say they welcome them. On today's episode, why shrimpers are embracing the tariffs and whether economists agree that this tariff is good for Americans. Related episodes:Tariffied! We check in on businesses (Apple / Spotify) Go ask ALICE about grocery prices (Apple / Spotify) What the cluck is happening with egg prices?
Why do shrimpers like tariffs? : The Indicator from Planet Money

1 week ago | npr.org | Stephan Bisaha |Adrian Ma |Lilly Quiroz |Kate Concannon

Why do shrimpers like tariffs? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249592910/1269263877" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Many businesses are scared of what President Trump's tariffs will mean for their industry. However, the shrimping industry is one that doesn't seem to be worried. In fact, shrimpers say they welcome them.
40 years ago, tariffs rescued the auto industry during a different trade war

2 weeks ago | kuow.org | Stephan Bisaha

40 years ago, tariffs rescued the auto industry during a different trade warIn the 1970s, threats of trade tariffs convinced Asian and European automakers to move some production to the U.S. But that battle's already been won – and history is unlikely to repeat itself.
U.S. shrimpers hope tariffs will help their industry survive

3 weeks ago | kuow.org | Stephan Bisaha

U.S. shrimpers hope tariffs will help their industry surviveU.S. shrimpers are happy about more tariffs because they've long been competing with cheaper imports. That may bring an era of cheap shrimp to an end.
Trade wars grew America’s auto industry. Historians warn today’s tariffs won’t

3 weeks ago | wrkf.org | Stephan Bisaha

Economists like to say no one wins a trade war. The counterpoint to that claim is the American automobile industry. Americans' love of their home-built pickup trucks came from a dispute over chicken exports in the 1960s. Ronald Regan’s hardball negotiations with Japanese automakers in the ‘80s brought their factories stateside. Just the whiff of tariffs in the ‘90s helped create another wave of foreign car companies setting up in the South.
Trade wars grew America’s auto industry. Historians warn today’s tariffs won’t

3 weeks ago | wwno.org | Stephan Bisaha

Economists like to say no one wins a trade war. The counterpoint to that claim is the American automobile industry. Americans' love of their home-built pickup trucks came from a dispute over chicken exports in the 1960s. Ronald Regan’s hardball negotiations with Japanese automakers in the ‘80s brought their factories stateside. Just the whiff of tariffs in the ‘90s helped create another wave of foreign car companies setting up in the South.
Trade wars grew America’s auto industry. Historians warn today’s tariffs won’t

3 weeks ago | mpbonline.org | Stephan Bisaha

American’s love big cars — at least until gas prices go up. That was certainly the case at the end of the ‘70s, when oil prices shot up about a dozen times higher than it was at the decade’s start due to an energy crisis. Consumers flocked away from gas guzzling American models and turned to fuel-efficient Japanese cars from companies like Toyota, which was shipping its cars from overseas. “They’re not pretty. They are not fast. They’re not going to get you a girlfriend,” Jacobs said.
Data centers bring money to small towns. But do they also bring jobs?

1 month ago | kuow.org | Stephan Bisaha

Data centers bring money to small towns. But do they also bring jobs? Tech companies are investing hundreds of billions of dollars in data centers across the country. But despite the record-setting price tags, the centers create few jobs.
Trump’s tariffs have been a source of both hope and fear among Gulf South industries

1 month ago | wwno.org | Stephan Bisaha

As Wall Street continues its wild swings under the weight of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, reactions in the Gulf South are mixed. As fishers along the Louisiana and Mississippi coast celebrate the tariffs, auto workers in Alabama nervously check their 401(k)s. Businesses without ties to foreign trade shrug while those that rely on imports wonder how much of the cost they’ll have to pass on to customers.
Trump’s tariffs have been a source of both hope and fear among Gulf South industries

1 month ago | mpbonline.org | Bradley Byrne |Stephan Bisaha

One group celebrating the new tariffs from the Trump Administration is gulf coast shrimpers. Acy Cooper, a shrimper who has three shipping boats in Venice, Louisiana, said the low price of shrimp due to imports means he can only afford to go out with one. It’s had a ripple effect on his business. “If we don't make money the hardware shores, the motor shops, the net shop — everybody suffers,” said Cooper, who is also the head of the Louisiana Shrimp Association.