Matthew McGee

President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance and prioritize customs enforcement against both importers and customs brokers. The EO serves as a foundation for increased enforcement of the administration's trade policy, with a particular focus on imports involving products made with forced labor, as well as those involving misclassification, undervaluation, and illegal transshipment.

Matthew McGee explains why The Gabber Newspaper matters to him and Tampa Bay’s theater scenes. Photo courtesy of Matthew McGee I’ve been a theater artist in Tampa Bay for more than 25 years and have watched live performance coverage dwindle to almost nothing. Arts criticism has been hit hardest, leaving The Gabber Newspaper as one of the last local publications still reviewing our work.

On April 2, 2026, President Trump issued two proclamations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, significantly restructuring tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper, and imposing new tariffs on patented pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients. These updates are expected to impact a broad range of industries and will require importers and manufacturers to carefully assess how the new rules may affect their operations and supply chains.