USTR weighs 50 percent tariff remedy on quartz products
( June 16, 2026, 22:58 GMT | Official Statement) -- The Office of the US Trade Representative’s interagency panel Tuesday juggled with a safeguard trade investigation to protect the domestic quartz surface product industry, weighing whether to impose a large 50 percent tariff for subject imports as foreign countries pushed back against those demands. The Office of the US Trade Representative’s interagency panel Tuesday juggled with a safeguard trade investigation to protect the domestic quartz surface product (QSP) industry, weighing whether to impose a large 50 percent tariff for subject imports even as importers, countertop producers and foreign countries pushed back against those demands. ...
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