The Trump administration ramped up tariffs on steel and aluminum Wednesday from 25% to 50%, affecting imports from car parts to canned goods, including San Diego's beloved craft beer industry.

San Diego businesses like Societe Brewing are bracing for the potential impact of the tariff hike on their bottom line. Societe's VP of Brewing Teddy Gowan said Wednesday's news that tariffs on steel and aluminum were increasing for the second time in three months raised questions about how much prices could go up for his business and their customers.

"We're at stage one of a ten-step issue that we're kind of working through," Gowan said. "You hear an increase, but how does that actually come to us? And then how does that come to the consumer? It takes a little while for these things to come throu

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