Liberty brass turning co. Inc. is exactly the type of company that low-cost Chinese imports should have swept away by now. A small machine shop with 40 employees and sales of $5 million, Liberty is located in Queens, one of New York City's five boroughs. Doing business there is expensive. Compared with manufacturers in other parts of the country, Liberty pays more for wages, rent, utilities, shipping, and services. It faces high taxes and assertive regulators. Liberty's CEO, David Zuckerwise, who owns the company with his brother Peter, has seen friends and competitors shut their doors. He estimates that far more than half the milling capacity in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts has closed over the past decade.
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