Yesterday, we added three new companies to the GSP supporter list: Aapico Forging in Stamford, Connecticut, Mutual Wheel Company in Moline, Illinois, and Alum-Tech Corp. in West Melbourne, Florida. Aapico Forging was the 8th company company headquartered in Connecticut’s 4th District, while Mutual Wheel company was the 2nd company in Illinois...
Continue readingTRInternational (TRI), based in Seattle, Washington, imports over 3 million pounds of eligible chemical products annually from Brazil, Thailand, and Turkey. These are raw materials that in turn are sold primarily to American manufacturers. As we wrote previously, TRI has made the Puget Sound Business Journal’s “Top 100 Fastest Grow...
Continue reading“We have delayed hiring 4 employees due to the expiration of the GSP. Also, our company was planning on investing in a warehouse expansion – about a $300,000 capital expenditure – that has now been cancelled.” The above quote came from a California-based importer of specialty foods from Indonesia. On top of $50,000 in tariff...
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