US -China trade balance adjustment benefits NEK

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US -China trade balance adjustment benefits NEK

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Amy Noyes, VPR News
" A Northeast Kingdom manufacturer is anticipating a swift upturn in business, now that the United States has imposed a steep tariff on Chinese plywood.

The U.S. manufacturers argued that the Chinese had an unfair trade advantage because the Chinese government subsidizes its hardwood plywood industry

The U.S. manufacturers first petitioned the federal International Trade Commission to intervene and impose tariffs four years ago, but that complaint was denied. They filed again about a year ago and this time the ruling went their way."



Now what is it that changed in the last 4 years... why would the government change its mind on Chinese imports? .... I know I heard this somewhere... Funny VPR didn't mention it either...



"We pay at the top of the manufacturing level," Gillespie says of the plant jobs. "We’re employee-owned, for Columbia, which means that everybody gets a nice retirement program, which is kind of unheard of these days, and healthcare benefits."

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