House Dems Ask Administration to Exempt Baby Goods From China Tariffs
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and 25 other House Democrats asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to tell them by July 10 whether the administration is going to carve out baby products from tariffs on Chinese goods. In a letter publicized June 26, the members noted that Bessent said exempting baby products was under consideration on May 7, and that the president also said he would "take a look at it" in response to questions that day.
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"There have been more than thirty days since your testimony and no exemptions on baby products have been announced," they wrote, and asked him to act immediately to work with the president on them.
"Semiconductors, smartphones, and other products were granted exemptions. And during the first Trump Administration, the U.S. Trade Representative created exclusions for baby safety products under Section 301," they noted.