Tagged With "USTR"

When most of us retired last night the news was telling us that President Trump had rolled back the tariffs to December 15th and that certain products would be removed from that list for health, safety and national security concerns. I too thought that meant that copiers/MFP's was pushed back to the 15th of December because the news made mention about other tech items such as phones, laptops, tablets. I needed to dig into this a little more today. Below is the press release from USTR that...

US subsidiaries of Japanese companies including Epson America, Sony and Mitsubishi, as well as American (HP, Walmart, Hallmark, 3V Signs, Asia Pacific Offset) and Chinese businesses and US industry groups are all voicing their opposition to Trump’s proposal during a seven-day hearing on the additional tariffs that began this week. Kendra Jones, Epson America In its submission, Epson told the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that it was already beginning to move some of...

I think all print/copy devices/parts/ toner originating from China were subject to a 10% tariffs in the first round of tariffs back in Oct 2018. That escalated to 25% tariff in May 2019. The threatened Sept 01,10% tariffs are on consumer goods ranging from shoes to clothes to TVs and consumer electronics. Manufacturers stocked USA warehouses heavy prior to Oct 01 2018 to avoid paying tariffs in the hopes that the Trump tariff war would be quickly resolved. That obviously has not happened nor...

President Trump just announced effective Oct 01 2019, that a $250 Billion selection of goods including all copiers, printers, toners and parts imported from China will see their tariffs increase from 25% to 30%. President Trump also declared that all USA corporations that source goods manufactured in China begin immediately to find ways to manufacture those goods elsewhere but preferably relocate those facilities back to the USA. These moves are in response to new Chinese countermeasures...

Woohoo! Time for me to start a 🇺🇸 MFP company!