A Spanish hatmaker has warned that a 40-year tradition of supplying felt hats to Orthodox Jews in the U.S. is at risk due to President Donald Trump's trade war.
The community, primarily located in New York and New Jersey, purchases approximately 30,000 hats each year from Fernandez y Roche Industrias Sombreras Españolas, a 140-year-old factory in Seville, southern Spain. In May, they began paying a 10% import tariff for the first time, according to the factory's Managing Director, Abraham Mazuecos, who spoke with Reuters.
