The Port of New York and New Jersey said Biden-Harris 25% tariff (on Chinese-made ship-to-shore cranes)would cause "a significant strain on the Port's critical and limited resources."
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Democratic senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff from Georgia also urged USTR to reconsider the planned 50% tariff on syringes, saying they could disrupt supplies for those used to feed newborn infants.
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Ford Motor asked USTR to reduce proposed tariffs on artificial graphite. Ford said it still "almost exclusively" uses Chinese secondary-particle graphite.
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Autos Drive America called for tariff rates on batteries, modules, cells, and critical minerals to be kept stable through at least 2027 to allow automakers to "fulfill investments in U.S. production and to bolster consumer adoption" of EVs.
——Reuters