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.—President Trump is delaying the tariff hike on Chinese goods and hopes to sign a deal soon to end the trade war altogether, according to Reuters. No new deadline for tariff hikes has been set, and no details regarding the deal have yet been released. Reuters reports that this...
The latest in the Trade War between China and the U.S. is that it might be breaking. On December 2, according to NPR, President Trump agreed not to raise tariffs on Chinese goods in the next 90 days, a break from his previous intention to raise the current tariffs to...
It’s time to go back to the beginning, all the way to the raw materials. First, there’s the all-consuming issue of tariffs, of what happened, how the industry fought back, and what to do now that the tariffs have passed. From there, we move on to how manufacturers offer all-important...
Washington, DC—The trade rollercoaster shows no signs of slowing down, between governmental aid that isn’t enough and a deal to replace NAFTA that’s giving us greater access to Canada’s dairy market. The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already paid out $35 million...
The tariffs have been realized; the trade talks have been canceled. The trade war shows no sign of letting up. Brace yourself for higher prices. Leslie Gallo, VP of operations and sales for Artemis International, is worried. “For all of us, in almost any industry, it is likely just a...
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...
