© 2025 Hawaiʻi Public Radio
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
The House has voted to eliminate previously approved funding to public media. Here's what happens next, and how you can help protect HPR and all public media.
The Conversation

The Conversation: How tariffs are affecting Hawaiʻi businesses

By Catherine Cruz,
DW Gibson
Published May 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM HST
Ways To Subscribe
A shopping cart filled with groceries sits in an aisle at an Asian grocery store in Rowland Heights, Calif., Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jae C. Hong
/
AP
A shopping cart filled with groceries sits in an aisle at an Asian grocery store in Rowland Heights, Calif., Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Today on The Conversation, we're taking an in-depth look at how tariffs are affecting Hawaiʻi businesses:

  • Historian Ronald Williams Jr. takes a look at the history of tariffs and the role they played in the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi | Full Story
  • Georja Skinner, with the state's Creative Industries Division, explains how tariff hikes might affect popular local fashion brands | Full Story
  • David Pang, co-founder of ‘Ilio Products, talks about how tariffs may impact his company's line of compostable take-out containers | Full Story
  • Bruce Albrecht, director of operations at Hawaiʻi Explosives & Pyrotechnics, discusses how tariffs may impact fireworks importers | Full Story
Tags
The Conversation EconomyHistory
Stay Connected
Catherine Cruz
Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
See stories by Catherine Cruz
DW Gibson
DW Gibson is a producer of The Conversation. Contact him at dgibson@hawaiipublicradio.org.
See stories by DW Gibson
More Episodes