Businesses and Academics Say Escaping Trump’s Tariffs Involves Navigating a ‘Broken’ System Prone to Corruption
In 2018, Bobby Djavaheri feared that his family’s appliance business was on the brink of collapse due to the Trump administration’s tariffs on Chinese-made air fryers. As president of Yedi Houseware Appliances, Djavaheri consulted a customs attorney and applied for a tariff exclusion with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to avoid the steep 25% […]