Read More NowPOLITICO — TILE AND GLASS PRODUCERS URGE LONG TARIFF PHASE-OUT IN EU DEAL: U.S. manufacturers are asking USTR to push for the longest possible phase-out of tariffs on tile and glass products from the European Union in talks on a trade deal.
Eric Astrachan, executive director of the Tile Council of North America, said his member companies were particularly concerned about increased competition from Italy and Spain if current duties of 8.5 percent and 10 percent, respectively, on ceramic tiles were immediately eliminated. “It is not an exaggeration to say that duty-free treatment for EU tile producers would be an existential threat” to U.S. producers and more than 500,000 employees, Astrachan said. […]
TCNA Sees Threat in Tariff End for EU Tile
