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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation increasing tariffs on derivative steel products by an additional 25 percent and boosting duties on derivative aluminum products by an additional 10 percent.

In the last two weeks, there have been two major trade deals in the news: the Phase One deal with China and USMCA, the revamped version of NAFTA. Both of these agreements have a lot of impact on trade between the countries involved, but both will have some impact on duty drawback.

The rules and regulations that govern duty drawback under TFTEA are continuing to evolve years after its passage. Just a few days ago, a pivotal lawsuit about specific provisions in TFTEA’s drawback rule, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) vs. The United States resulted in a decision that enshrined the practice of “double drawback,” a specific kind of refund that could be pursued for wine imports and exports, against the proposed regulations Customs had offered.

After 301 duties were implemented, the US Trade Representative allowed a brief period for companies to apply to have specific products and codes excluded from the lists. These exclusion requests were processed by the office of the USTR, and later the recipients of the exclusions were informed if their applications were approved.

J.M. Rodgers Co., Inc. came full circle yesterday on 1/2/20. We were one of the original tenants at One World Trade back in the 70’s. Our grand opening of a new sales office and Global HQ in the new One World Trade. Our thought process this next decade is simple. How can we be better today than yesterday…for our customers!

J.M. Rodgers hit their goal for 2019 of 200 days of charity. We set lofty goals every year for our employees to contribute “days of giving” where they volunteer their time by going to arranged charity events for a variety of causes. For 2020, we have increased our GOAL to 300! increasing to 350 in 2021.

J.M. Rodgers hit their goal for 2019 of 200 days of charity. We set lofty goals every year for our employees to contribute “days of giving” where they volunteer their time by going to arranged charity events for a variety of causes. For 2020, we have increased our GOAL to 300! increasing to 350 in 2021.

For many years, JMR has made giving back a core part of our identity as a company. As a family company at heart, we have dedicated ourselves to meeting goals for charitable giving.