Trump administration took ‘enforcement action’ against Chinese-owned company based in Wisconsin
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EXCLUSIVE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued an enforcement action against a Wisconsin-based manufacturing company last year, which persons familiar with the matter say could foreshadow criminal charges against the company or its employees for tariff evasion.
The company, called Milwaukee Tool, is headquartered in Milwaukee but is a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries, which acquired it in 2005 for more than $600 million. TTI has similarly acquired a number of other previously American-owned hardware manufacturers, including Dirt Devil, Imperial Blades, Hoover, and Oreck.
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Customs and Border Protection launched a federal investigation into Milwaukee Tool last year after the Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity filed a complaint alleging that the company was transshipping products manufactured in China to the United States through Taiwan and Vietnam, the coalition told the Washington Examiner.
The investigation resulted in an unnamed enforcement action, according to CBP.
“U.S. Customs and Border Protection conducted a thorough investigation of the allegation that merchandise was imported into the United States in violation of the customs and trade laws of the United States. The investigation is now closed and resulted in an enforcement action,” CBP wrote to TAPP in an exchange reviewed by the Washington Examiner. “CBP takes all trade violation allegations seriously and is committed to protecting United States industries and businesses from unfair trade practices.”
The Washington Examiner has reached out to Milwaukee Tool for comment.
The Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity’s allegations stemmed specifically from a case study published by Tariff Integrity and TAPP that found that 91% of Milwaukee Tool shipments were not subject to Section 301 tariffs, which specifically target Chinese exports of technologies, intellectual properties, and industrial goods to the United States, despite the company’s expansive manufacturing footprint in China.
Seven percent of Milwaukee Tools’ exports to the U.S. also came from Taiwan, despite having no manufacturing presence there. Furthermore, Milwaukee Tools’ Vietnamese export volume to the U.S. was almost twice that of its Chinese export volume, despite China being the company’s largest manufacturing footprint.
In its statement to the Washington Examiner, CBP noted that “the Trade Secrets Act, the Privacy …
Ask who never gets charged.
EXCLUSIVE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued an enforcement action against a Wisconsin-based manufacturing company last year, which persons familiar with the matter say could foreshadow criminal charges against the company or its employees for tariff evasion.
The company, called Milwaukee Tool, is headquartered in Milwaukee but is a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries, which acquired it in 2005 for more than $600 million. TTI has similarly acquired a number of other previously American-owned hardware manufacturers, including Dirt Devil, Imperial Blades, Hoover, and Oreck.
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Customs and Border Protection launched a federal investigation into Milwaukee Tool last year after the Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity filed a complaint alleging that the company was transshipping products manufactured in China to the United States through Taiwan and Vietnam, the coalition told the Washington Examiner.
The investigation resulted in an unnamed enforcement action, according to CBP.
“U.S. Customs and Border Protection conducted a thorough investigation of the allegation that merchandise was imported into the United States in violation of the customs and trade laws of the United States. The investigation is now closed and resulted in an enforcement action,” CBP wrote to TAPP in an exchange reviewed by the Washington Examiner. “CBP takes all trade violation allegations seriously and is committed to protecting United States industries and businesses from unfair trade practices.”
The Washington Examiner has reached out to Milwaukee Tool for comment.
The Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity’s allegations stemmed specifically from a case study published by Tariff Integrity and TAPP that found that 91% of Milwaukee Tool shipments were not subject to Section 301 tariffs, which specifically target Chinese exports of technologies, intellectual properties, and industrial goods to the United States, despite the company’s expansive manufacturing footprint in China.
Seven percent of Milwaukee Tools’ exports to the U.S. also came from Taiwan, despite having no manufacturing presence there. Furthermore, Milwaukee Tools’ Vietnamese export volume to the U.S. was almost twice that of its Chinese export volume, despite China being the company’s largest manufacturing footprint.
In its statement to the Washington Examiner, CBP noted that “the Trade Secrets Act, the Privacy …
Trump administration took ‘enforcement action’ against Chinese-owned company based in Wisconsin
Ask who never gets charged.
EXCLUSIVE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued an enforcement action against a Wisconsin-based manufacturing company last year, which persons familiar with the matter say could foreshadow criminal charges against the company or its employees for tariff evasion.
The company, called Milwaukee Tool, is headquartered in Milwaukee but is a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries, which acquired it in 2005 for more than $600 million. TTI has similarly acquired a number of other previously American-owned hardware manufacturers, including Dirt Devil, Imperial Blades, Hoover, and Oreck.
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Customs and Border Protection launched a federal investigation into Milwaukee Tool last year after the Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity filed a complaint alleging that the company was transshipping products manufactured in China to the United States through Taiwan and Vietnam, the coalition told the Washington Examiner.
The investigation resulted in an unnamed enforcement action, according to CBP.
“U.S. Customs and Border Protection conducted a thorough investigation of the allegation that merchandise was imported into the United States in violation of the customs and trade laws of the United States. The investigation is now closed and resulted in an enforcement action,” CBP wrote to TAPP in an exchange reviewed by the Washington Examiner. “CBP takes all trade violation allegations seriously and is committed to protecting United States industries and businesses from unfair trade practices.”
The Washington Examiner has reached out to Milwaukee Tool for comment.
The Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity’s allegations stemmed specifically from a case study published by Tariff Integrity and TAPP that found that 91% of Milwaukee Tool shipments were not subject to Section 301 tariffs, which specifically target Chinese exports of technologies, intellectual properties, and industrial goods to the United States, despite the company’s expansive manufacturing footprint in China.
Seven percent of Milwaukee Tools’ exports to the U.S. also came from Taiwan, despite having no manufacturing presence there. Furthermore, Milwaukee Tools’ Vietnamese export volume to the U.S. was almost twice that of its Chinese export volume, despite China being the company’s largest manufacturing footprint.
In its statement to the Washington Examiner, CBP noted that “the Trade Secrets Act, the Privacy …
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