Category: Data & Reports

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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IL State House members visit Wauconda manufacturer to discuss Tort Reform

Representatives McLaughlin and Weber Visit TMA Member HM Manufacturing

WAUCONDA, IL – With state legislators on summer break from session, state representatives Martin McLaughlin and Tom Weber made a visit to Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) member HM Manufacturing for a discussion on tort reform and the struggles facing small businesses.

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Blommer Chocolate to close Chicago Plant

CHICAGO – After announcing in January 2024 a new research lab to be located on Chicago’s Goose Island, 85 year old Blommer Chocolate announced in March it is closing its Chicago manufacturing doors.

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TMA Profile: State Senator Jason Plummer

EDWARDSVILLE, IL – Illinois Senator Jason Plummer is a busy man. 

Besides being a husband and father, the 40-year-old represents to the Illinois Senate, the 11-county 55th Legislative District, which includes Edwardsville, Illinois. Edwardsville is where R.P. Lumber – the business his father and mother started in 1977 – is based.

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