Tariffs to Cost Telecom Equipment Industry Hundreds of Millions, Says TIA

Arlington, VA (September 17, 2018) – This evening, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office released a finalized list of products subject to Section 301 tariffs of 10% effective September 24, 2018, with rates set to rise to 25% by 2019. These tariffs will impact a broad range of communications equipment, with the financial damage expected to reach…
Taxing Virtually All Network Equipment Will Hurt U.S. Industry, Warns TIA

Arlington, VA (May 14, 2019) –– The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today issued the following statement after the Office of the U.S Trade Representative proposed levying a duty of up to 25 percent on approximately $300 billion in imported Chinese goods, including a…
TIA Expresses Disappointment Over Release of Final Section 301 Tariff List

Arlington, VA (June 15, 2018) –– The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today issued a statement after the release of a final list of items that will be subject to 25 percent tariffs following the Section 301 investigation. The list includes a number of inputs used in…
TIA Flags Risks of Tariffs on Mexican Products

Arlington, VA (May 31, 2019) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today issued the following statement after President Trump announced the imposition of a 5 percent tariff on incoming Mexican goods, effective June 10. Cinnamon Rogers, TIA’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs,…
TIA Urges China to Refrain from Imposing Tariffs on U.S. Telecom Goods

Arlington, VA (August 3, 2018) –– In response to today’s announcement by China’s Ministry of Commerce to propose retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods, the Telecommunications Industry Association issued the following statement: “TIA urges the Chinese government to refrain from imposing the duties it proposed today on a wide variety of telecom products.…
TIA Warns of Inflationary Effects of Section 301 Tariffs on Telecom Products

Arlington, VA (July 11, 2018) –– The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today issued a statement after the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a proposed list of $200 billion in imports to subject to 10% tariffs. “The Administration’s new tariff list includes routers, switches and other…
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