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Guest Post from Tim Barnes: Navigating Trump’s 35% import tax, and how US companies can utilize “Parallel Manufacturing” to grow globally

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But for this exercise, let’s assume it proceeds at 35% (the lower of the two rates). Of course, there is a long road ahead for Trump to implement the tax, and there is already heavy GOP resistance. The second assumption is that raw materials and semi-finished materials are not included in the tax.