The trade war is in full force between the United States and China with the dietary supplement industry on both sides caught in the crosshairs. This war is already having an impact on consumer sentiment and pricing, and while it is likely that the trade war will end at some...
Washington, D.C.--The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced a "major victory" for the natural products industry: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is opening an exclusion process for List 3 China 301 tariffs, which includes many ingredients used in natural products. As WholeFoods previously reported, the Trump Administration...
Washington, D.C., and Beijing, China—China’s finance ministry announced that it will raise tariffs on a range of American goods in retaliation for last week's escalation, according to the New York Times. China currently has tariffs on $60 billion in American goods. Last September, they levied tariffs of 5% to 10%...
Washington, D.C., and Beijing, China—President Donald Trump has raised existing tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports to 25%, effective on all goods that shipped out of China after 12:01 Friday morning. Goods that shipped prior to midnight will be charged the previous 10% rate. Beijing expressed intent to retaliate,...
Washington, D.C. -- There’s some movement in the trade war with China, although it might not be lasting. China has made an initial offer on trade, according to CNN, which President Trump said addressed 142 negotiating points. However, it mostly reiterated previous suggestions, and fell short of some of the White...
Washington, DC -- The trade war is on. President Trump announced he is ordering 10% tariffs beginning Sept. 24 on the $200 billion worth of Chinese imports on a list released July 10, NPR reports. The list included a variety of items the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) and the...
Silver Spring, MD — The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has submitted comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to request that a proposed 25% duty on Chinese imports be revised to remove from this new tariff burden numerous ingredients used in dietary supplements and other...
By Scott Steinford, Managing Director, Trust Transparency Center On Feb. 22, 2017 Amazon entered the dietary supplement market with four products. As of Aug. 6, 2018, that number has grown to 30 SKUs, representing a 750% increase. Ten products were added between the last week of July and first week...
Ayurveda Ayurveda is often considered one of the oldest forms of medicine. Originating in India over 3,000 years ago, Ayurveda combines the Sanskrit words ayur (life) and veda (science or knowledge). It is still one of India’s traditional health care systems (1). Ayurveda has two main guiding principles. The first...
Beijing, China — In an effort to formalize cooperation and collaboration between the natural health products industries in the United States and China, the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) and the China Nutrition and Health Food Association (CNHFA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreement in a ceremony held...
