Today’s New York Times ran an editorial called No Way to Run a Trade Policy. The article describes the current battle over the pending expiration of the Andean trade preferences and the TAA program and highlights GSP’s expiration last December. In short, it argues that: Lawmakers need to look beyond their noses and extend al...
Continue readingWhen you look at a list of U.S. tariff codes, it’s often hard to visualize the products being described. One exception is U.S. harmonized tariff schedule (HTS) number 4202.92.04: “Insulated beverage bag w/outer surface textiles, interior only flexible plastic container storing/dispensing beverage thru flexible tubing.” To ou...
Continue readingBehr Dayton manufactures engine cooling and air conditioning technology for the automotive industry in a 1.1 million square foot facility in Dayton, Ohio. According to Heinz-J. Otto, President and CEO of Behr America, the 1,000 workers in Dayton “make engine-cooling and air-conditioning components and systems for cars built by GM,...
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