Domestic Industry Group Says Temporary Deferral Rewards Chinese Imports
The Coalition for a Prosperous America sent a letter April 22 to the president arguing that textile workers benefit “from general tariff protection of 15-40% against low-wage foreign competition and trade cheating.” Companies that make automotive parts, ventilator parts, and…
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glassware are hurt by foreign competitors when importers of those foreign goods don't have to pay tariffs for a few months, they said. “We know this crisis started in Wuhan, China. We know the Communist Party of China hid the virus from the world and from your administration. To now reward a cheap and below-market flood of Chinese imports only adds salt to the wounds of America’s workers,” the CPA wrote. And “we ask that no further import duty deferral or forgiveness be issued as a COVID remedy.”