Author: TMA Media

Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits

I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that underlying conditions, including a lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships, disparate tariff rates and non-tariff barriers, and U.S. trading partners’ economic policies that suppress domestic wages and consumption, as indicated by large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and economy of the United States.

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TMA visits with Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson

ELK GROVE VILLAGE – In Chicago’s western suburbs near O’Hare Airport is a village that boasts about its world-class data center and nationally-renowned manufacturing park.

TMA’s Advocacy Team visited with Mayor Craig Johnson, who shared some of the village’s insights and rationale for catering to businesses.

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Small and Midsize Manufacturers Query 2025 Municipal Candidates

SCHAUMBURG – It’s been four years since the Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) shared with their members the results of their 2021 Municipal Questionnaires for mayoral candidates. 

The 2025 election will be held April 1, and in total, 29 candidates responded to TMA’s query this year. 

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TMA Advocacy Update for February 24, 2025

BEYOND PRITZKER’S NAZI COMMENTS….

Yes, Gov. Pritzker compared the Trump Administration to Nazis in his Budget Address. That red meat played well with the national media and “far-left.” But that certainly wasn’t the focus for progressives under the Capitol Dome in Springfield after the governor’s speech….

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