Guest Post from Tim Barnes: Navigating Trump’s 35% import tax, and how US companies can utilize “Parallel Manufacturing” to grow globally
NC State SCRC
DECEMBER 16, 2016
But for this exercise, let’s assume it proceeds at 35% (the lower of the two rates). The second assumption is that raw materials and semi-finished materials are not included in the tax. ship directly from Mexico to Japan for those Japanese customers). Let’s look at each one separately. Let’s look at each one separately.
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