Fort Lee, New Jersey-based Empire Resources issued its quarterly report for the first half of 2011 yesterday. Empire Resources is a distributor of value-added, semi-finished aluminum and steel products and serves more than 200 customers in the transportation, automotive, housing, appliance, and packaging industries. Despite net sales increase...
Continue readingYesterday’s trade data showed that American companies paid an estimated $59.6 million in new taxes on $1.5 billion worth of previously GSP-eligible imports in June, bringing the total tariffs paid to $335 million in tariffs on $8.8 billion worth of imports in the first half of the year. Last week, we noted noted that Congress...
Continue readingKevin Frank, president and CEO of Voith Hydro’s North American operations, penned a great op-ed for today’s Congress Blog at The Hill. In it, Frank argues that: “Businesses that have remained competitive due in part to their use of the program are now burdened with significant – and unexpected – costs. These new ...
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