News in North American Manufacturing
As Connecting the Dots reported last week, last week President Donald Trump announced a plan to reinstate Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum products from Argentina and Brazil. The announcement came in a post […] Read More
Negotiators from the United State and China continued to discuss a potential limited trade pact last week, but no breakthrough was made in negotiations. If the impasse is not broken, the United States likely will […] Read More
Last week, the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) and more than 1,000 trade associations, labor unions, and businesses sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to repeal the “Cadillac Tax,” a 40 percent […] Read More
As readers certainly will recall, the U.S. Congress passed comprehensive reform of the U.S. tax code in late 2017. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TJCA) reduced both corporate and individual tax rates, and created […] Read More
The U.S. goods and services trade deficit was $47.2 billion in October, down $3.9 billion from $51.1 billion in September. October exports were $207.1 billion, $0.4 billion less than September exports, while imports were […] Read More
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