by JM Rodgers | Jun 10, 2019 | Duty Drawback News, Letters From The CEO, Tariffs
Written by Jamie Rodgers, CEO of J.M. Rodgers Co., Inc. A little over a week ago the trade community was thrown into what now seems like a regular turmoil when President Trump floated the possibility of imposing a brand new set of tariffs on imports coming from...
by JM Rodgers | Jun 3, 2019 | Duty Drawback News, Tariffs
Written by Jamie Rodgers, CEO of J.M. Rodgers Co., Inc. This past Thursday, President Trump unexpectedly announced the imposition of a new set of tariffs, this time on the southern border for imports from Mexico. Unlike the tariffs imposed on Chinese imports, this was...
by JM Rodgers | May 16, 2019 | Duty Drawback News, Tariffs
At the close of April, it looked like the US and China were well on their way to establishing a trade deal that would be mutually beneficial and remove many of the punitive tariffs that had been put in place. But negotiations fell through, with each side pointing...
by JM Rodgers | May 8, 2019 | Tariffs
Last week, news around the industry was that progress continued to be made on a trade deal between the USA and China, and that the end of some tariffs may be drawing nigh. However, in a series of Tweets over the weekend, President Trump threatened expanded tariffs on...
by JM Rodgers | May 8, 2019 | Tariffs
Last year, President Trump implemented “section 232” tariffs on steel and aluminum from all over the world. Even close allies like Canada were included. The law itself is meant to use tariffs as a way to maintain industries necessary for national security- in this...
by JM Rodgers | Apr 25, 2019 | Tariffs
Over the last year, there have been several waves of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. But not all tariffs are the same, and the justification and laws that allow their imposition can vary a lot. We’ve gotten a lot of calls from our customers to explain...
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