Published 9:40 am Monday, April 27, 2026 Three McMinnville businesses Friday met with U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, a Democrat representing Oregon’s 6th Congressional District, to discuss trade MCMINNVILLE— In 2021, Richard Smith and Serengeti Savage took over the downtown McMinnville tea shop where they had their first date. The shop sits along the town’s popular Third Street, which is lined with antique shops, restaurants, wineries and other unique gift stores. Right as the couple was feeling ready to hire employees at Velvet Monkey Tea Shop and reached the end of a supply chain crisis last year, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on foreign imports. Although the Supreme Court ruled those tariffs were illegal and ordered that the Trump administration reimburse businesses, the couple and many other small Oregon business owners say they’re unlikely to receive those refunds because the manufacturers that they buy their products from were the ones who paid those tariffs directly.…