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NAFEM secures additional exclusions from China import tariffs

Through its comments submitted to and testimony before the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), NAFEM helped secure 41 product exclusions from the final List 1 and List 2 of the Section […]


08.27.2019

Update on Mexico’s NOM requirements

NAFEM member Mark Sanford, chief engineer-compliance, Unified Brands, Conyers, Ga., has been working to better understand Mexico’s new requirements to […]


08.27.2019

Reminder: New portal launched for steel/aluminum tariff exclusion requests

Tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel currently impact all countries except Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea. […]


08.27.2019

USMCA discussions continue during August recess

House Democrats continued to meet with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and his team during the August Congressional recess to […]


08.27.2019

Most recent round of U.S. – China negotiations conclude with little progress

Trade negotiations between the U.S. and China concluded July 31 without achieving significant progress. Since then, China has allowed its […]


08.27.2019

Member spotlight – KitchAutomation

Member since: 2018Industry: Technology for foodservice designWebsite: https://www.kitchautomation.com Founder Christopher Huebner began his foodservice career as an equipment dealer. However, it didn’t […]


08.06.2019

NAFEM 2019 Compensation & Benefit Study is now available to non-reporting NAFEM member companies

NAFEM has released its 2019 Compensation & Benefit Study, which was designed to assess compensation and benefits practices of NAFEM member […]


08.05.2019

Global market access made easier

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Issued a request for information (RFI) on the lockout/tagout controls of hazardous energy via […]


07.23.2019

Minimum wage increases in two states and key cities

Twelve cities and counties in California, along with Chicago and Cook County in Illinois, Washington, D.C., Oregon and New Jersey […]


07.23.2019

U.S. Chamber of Commerce advocates for business in nation’s capital

More than 3 million businesses of all sizes (including NAFEM) count on membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to advance the […]


07.23.2019