Reacting to the threat of Section 301 tariffs: One size does not fit all

The U.S. Fashion Industry Association wants five minutes during a Section 301 Committee hearing next week to urge the administration “to reject calls to add apparel” to the list of products susceptible to tariffs on China imports should threatened levies be implemented. SANY America , a construction equipment distributor, “will beseech the administration” to remove nearly 20 products from its beginning list of targetable imports “because failure to do so will jeopardize” hundreds of jobs, it says, and “negatively impact...