Quartz Fabricators Urge Trump Administration to Protect American Jobs and Housing Affordability at Section 201 USTR Hearing
Save Quartz Jobs Coalition Members Warn of Economic Damage if Tariffs/Quotas are Imposed on Quartz Surface Products Imports
Quartz fabricators warned federal officials today that proposed tariffs and quotas on imported quartz surface products (QSP) would inflict serious harm onto small businesses, American workers, and consumers. During a public hearing before the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and other federal agencies, fabricators argued that the ITC's recommended trade restrictions would raise housing and renovation costs, limit consumer choice, disrupt supply chains, and jeopardize the livelihoods of thousands of workers employed by fabricators, distributors, and installers across the country.
Testifying before USTR and other federal agencies during a public hearing on the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) recommendations in the Section 201 QSP global safeguard investigation, fabricators emphasized that while a handful of multinational slab producers seek import restrictions, it is the thousands of downstream businesses that cut, fabricate, install, and sell quartz countertops who would bear the economic consequence.
