柯林斯推动扩大关税豁免清单 致信贸易代表与商务部长
缅因州联邦参议员 Susan Collins 正推动联邦政府扩大关税豁免范围。她致信美国贸易代表 Greer 与商务部长 Lutnick，要求将九类与缅因州产业密切相关的产品纳入豁免清单。
柯林斯此前已为缅因争取到纸浆、道路用盐与水泥等产品的关税豁免。她在信中指出，相关进口投入品的价格上涨正加重缅因州制造业、建筑业与地方政府的成本负担。
关税豁免由联邦行政部门依程序审定，柯林斯办公室表示将继续与贸易代表办公室及商务部沟通推进。
来源：GSM·美国
Collins Pushes to Expand Tariff Exemption List in Letters to Greer, Lutnick
U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine is pressing the federal government to broaden tariff exemptions. In letters to U.S. Trade Representative Greer and Commerce Secretary Lutnick, she asked that nine categories of products important to Maine industries be added to the exemption list.
Collins has previously secured tariff exemptions for Maine on products including pulp, road salt and cement. Her letters argue that higher prices for imported inputs are adding to cost burdens for Maine manufacturers, builders and local governments.
Tariff exclusions are decided through a federal administrative process; Collins's office said it will keep working with the USTR and the Commerce Department on the request.
Source: GSM·America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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