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2 weeks ago | 
sourcingjournal.com | Kate Nishimura
Under the direction of the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reportedly working behind the scenes to unravel Biden-era legislation limiting the use of toxic “forever chemicals.” The initiative, which is part of the White House’s “Make American Healthy Again” initiative, may do just the opposite, loosening constraints on companies that utilize per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to imbue their products with resistance to water, grease, dirt and stains,...
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2 weeks ago | 
sourcingjournal.com | Kate Nishimura
President Donald Trump’s latest trade action may be the death knell for the de minimis trade exception.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Kate Nishimura
Under the direction of the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reportedly working behind the scenes to unravel Biden-era legislation limiting the use of toxic “forever chemicals.” The initiative, which is part of the White House’s “Make American Healthy Again” initiative, may do just the opposite, loosening constraints on companies that utilize per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to imbue their products with resistance to water, grease, dirt and stains,...
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2 weeks ago | 
wwd.com | Kate Nishimura
Seismic shake-ups to global trade took shape Wednesday as the Trump administration's reciprocal tariffs were slated to take effect - but didn't. The stock market was rocked by news in the early-morning hours that China had drastically escalated its retaliatory duties on the U.S., and the European Union approved 25 percent tariffs as a countermeasure to the president's steel and aluminum tariffs, announced last month.
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2 weeks ago | 
sourcingjournal.com | Kate Nishimura
Despair and confusion overtook the U.S. stock market on Tuesday following the White House’s confirmation that President Donald Trump would make good on his threat to impose triple-digit tariffs on China-made goods. While Wall Street saw a cautious rally in the morning hours, any hopes that the administration might reach positive outcomes in negotiations with trade partners in advance of the midnight deadline dissipated as the day progressed.
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2 weeks ago | 
sourcingjournal.com | Kate Nishimura
Tariff terror has gripped consumer goods sectors. But couched within President Donald Trump’s April 2 announcement about reciprocal duties was another trade action that has the potential to upend global e-commerce and drastically alter the way products enter the U.S. market. After announcing a slew of new tariffs in the White House Rose Garden last week, Trump appeared to be leaving the stage before signing an executive order ending de minimis treatment for packages originating in China.
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2 weeks ago | 
sourcingjournal.com | Kate Nishimura
Washington is threatening Beijing with even steeper duties if the country doesn’t lift the tariffs imposed in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s reciprocal duties. On Friday, China announced 34-percent tariffs on American-made goods—a reaction to Trump’s Wednesday White House announcement, wherein he targeted the nation’s biggest trading partners with steep, double-digit duties.
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2 weeks ago | 
sourcingjournal.com | Kate Nishimura
Fissures are emerging within the Republican party following this week’s tariff-driven economic meltdown, with some lawmakers even pushing to wrest control away from the White House when it comes to sanctioning international trade. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the upper chamber’s longest-serving GOP member, is pioneering the “Trade Review Act of 2025,” which would limit the president’s authority to impose new tariffs by introducing new oversight requirements.
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2 weeks ago | 
footwearnews.com | Kate Nishimura
The president indicated that he'd be willing to talk with Vietnamese officials about a bilateral trade deal, boosting footwear stocks Friday. Vietnamese officials are scrambling to reach a truce with President Donald Trump ahead of the April 9 rollout of staggering double-digit duties on exports to the U.S. market—and the president has indicated he’s willing to play ball.
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3 weeks ago | 
sourcingjournal.com | Kate Nishimura
The fallout from President Donald Trump’s Wednesday reciprocal tariffs announcement has commenced. Confusion and uncertainty prompted by the ‘Liberation Day‘ duty hikes sent markets into a tailspin and global trade partners into a retaliatory frenzy, while paralyzing many fashion firms now grappling for a path forward. The Nasdaq Composite fell 5.39 percent, or 956.96 points on Thursday, while the S&P 500 took a 4.3-percent tumble, losing 247.21 points.
