US importers stuck with Trump's latest China tariffs Breaking news
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Date: 20/10/2018

US importers stuck with Trump's latest China tariffs
American importers can ask for an exemption from President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum, and his first two rounds of tariffs on Chinese goods.

But they're stuck paying duties if a product they import from China was included in Trump's most recent round of tariffs imposed in September, which covered $200 billion worth of goods including food seasonings, hats, furniture, network routers and industrial machine parts.
The process to request an exemption has not yet been set up by the administration, nearly a month later, despite a new plea from 167 members of Congress.
"The lack of such a process for this most recent list is a glaring omission, particularly given its size in relation to the first two lists," the bipartisan group of House members wrote in a letter sent to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer this week.
The US Trade Representative's Office tells CNN that it has no announcement about opening up the exclusion process at this time. For the previous two rounds of tariffs on Chinese goods, USTR announced that they would establish an exclusion process at least a week before the tariffs took effect.
"It would be nice to have the ability to speak for our industry, to explain how we don't have an easy option to switch production somewhere else," said Tiffany Zarfas Williams, who owns the Luggage Shop of Lubbock with her husband in Texas.
Zarfas Williams estimates that 84% of the products currently in the store come from China, and most of them — including all backpacks, briefcases and luggage — have been hit with a 10% tariff.
She said that her biggest vendor has already raised prices, and that she's had to pass that on to her customers.
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