Bloomberg Law
December 6, 2018, 11:30 AM UTCUpdated: December 7, 2018, 5:06 PM UTC

Corporate America Goes 0-for-1,500 in Bid to Ease China Tariffs (2)

Rossella Brevetti
Reporter
Jasmine Ye Han
Jasmine Ye Han
Data Reporter

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has granted none of the 11,675 requests for relief from stiff tariffs on Chinese imports, and it has denied almost 1,500 of them, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis of data released Dec. 7.

Caterpillar, General Motors, Procter & Gamble, GE Appliances, Stanley Black and Decker, Tesla, and Whirlpool are among the companies that have submitted requests to be excluded from tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods.

Manufacturers, importers, and their political allies are complaining months-long delays have caused billions in lost revenues and uncertainty, with small and mid-sized companies impacted ...

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