Trump’s America First Tariffs Gives Puerto Rico a Surprise Lift

President Donald Trump’s “America First” tariff policies are boosting manufacturing in Puerto Rico, an island he has both attacked and claimed to help more than any other US leader.

Drugmaker Millicent Pharma on Wednesday will announce plans to begin production in Fajardo, on Puerto Rico’s eastern coast. At least seven manufacturers have either set up shop or expanded their operations in the US territory since Trump took office and rolled out tariffs on foreign goods, according to government data.

“We have multiple companies choosing Puerto Rico because we are American manufacturing, we are made in the USA, and that ...