Ohio's Senators Support Whirlpool's Petition to Extend Safeguard
Ohio's two U.S. senators told the International Trade Commission that Whirlpool and other U.S. washing machine producers need an extension of safeguard tariffs on imports “for the industry to continue to invest in its people, plants, and products.” As Whirlpool said in August, when it requested an extension through Feb. 7, 2024, (see 2008110051), the senators asked that the tariff rate quota be relaxed “only very modestly over the course of the extension.”
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Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, wrote in an Oct. 27 letter that extending and modifying the safeguard is “crucial for the economic, social and civic health” of towns such as Marion, Ottawa, Greenville and Clyde, where washing machines and washing machine parts are made. The ITC is expected to announce its decision on Dec. 8.