by Jon Sabel | Feb 27, 2020 | Letter From The CEO, Tariffs
Infectious Disease Response from JM Rodgers (Business Continuity) We here at JM Rodgers have always taken security and disaster recovery extremely seriously. For many years, we have had a comprehensive disaster recovery plan in place to ensure that we will stay...
by Jon Sabel | Feb 25, 2020 | Letter From The CEO, Tariffs
Up until very recently, much of the US wine importer industry was bracing for a major hit, with original estimates for wine and food tariffs floating at potentially 100%. Doing this would have overnight doubled the price of wine, causing what were probably untenable...
by Jon Sabel | Feb 19, 2020 | Letter From The CEO, Tariffs
With another week, a new set in the constantly-shifting tariff landscape is happening soon. The long-discussed tariffs on European products due to a long-running WTO dispute over improper subsidies given to aircraft manufacturer Airbus in the early 2000s. The new...
by Jon Sabel | Feb 11, 2020 | Letter From The CEO, Tariffs
This upcoming Valentine’s Day will be a sweet one for many importers: tariffs are set to be reduced by half for more than $300 billion worth of imports from China on that day. The US Trade Representative has announced that that is the day that the new reduced tariff...
by Jon Sabel | Feb 11, 2020 | Letter From The CEO
US Customs can count 2019 as a record year. Recently Customs and Border Protection released a report that last year, aided by the new tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration, they increased the number of duties, taxes, and fees they collected by 73% from 2018 to...
