More than two years ago, Congress passed legislation that overhauled the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) process, formalizing it to create a more transparency and consistency. That bipartisan bill, the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016, addressed many concerns of critics and requires interested parties to initiate the MTB process by submitting a petition to the International Trade Commission (TTQ through an online portal rather than by a request to the office of an individual congressional member. At the time of writing, the first bill to undergo this rigorous new process sits stalled in the Senate.
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