Manufacturese in U.S.-based foreigh-trade zones (FTZ) may be on the verge of winning congressional support for their concern that factories in free-trade agreement (FTA) countries are getting better tariff treatment for products shipped into the FTA country and then sent on to the U.S. market. What worries U.S.-based manufacturers, including those in the FTZs, is the sums they pay to import those same products directly. "This disparity provides an incentive for companies to serve the U.S. market from offshore, taking U.S.
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