U.S. lawmakers urge Trump administration to extend tariff exclusions for PPE

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 75 lawmakers is urging the Trump administration to extend exclusions from import tariffs on medical products imported from China, including face masks, hand sanitizing wipes and examination gloves, that expire on Dec. 31.

In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the lawmakers said failure to extend the exclusions would hurt small businesses already suffering from stay-at-home orders aimed at containing the spread of the new coronavirus.

They said they recognized that the exclusions were granted in part to give U.S. companies more time to diversify their supply chains out of China. But companies needed more time to complete those efforts given continuing travel restrictions, they said.

"Extending exclusions before they expire will help with pandemic response, and it will save jobs, businesses and livelihoods. We strongly urge you to extend all active exclusions before they expire at the end of this year," the lawmakers said in the letter, which was dated Friday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-lawmakers-urge-trump-administration-174709649.html

[RockRaven]

1. This sounds like exactly the sort of thing Trump would NOT do just to spite them and all of us

for not loving him enough.