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NAM Continues to Press Congress to Act on MTB

Following the end of federal government shutdown, Congress could take an easy and bipartisan step toward strengthening manufacturing by passing a Miscellaneous Tariff Bill, said Jessica Lemos, National Association of Manufacturers' director, International Trade Policy, in a blog post. The…

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House and Senate should move quickly to approve U.S. Job Creation and Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013, a House MTB that was introduced over the summer (see 13071816), she said. Numerous duty suspensions expired Dec. 31 after Congress failed to pass an MTB last year.