The Trump administration yesterday opened hostilities in a pair of new trade wars, using India’s price caps on coronary stents and knee implants as the centerpiece of the new policy there. The White House said it plans to end India’s preferential trade status in 60 days under the Generalized System of Preference. “India’s termination from […]
Here are the top 5 medtech stories of mid-2018
A growing U.S. trade war with China and other countries casts a pall on medtech — and U.S. business in general — in mid-2018. The landscape of the medical device industry continues to evolve, though. There’s a major corporate spinout in the works, as well as a mega-merger that apparently was not to be. Read […]
Trump tariffs place nearly $1 billion in duties on the medtech industry
The U.S. medical device industry is facing nearly $1 billion in tariffs from the Trump administration, about $4 billion less than what was originally expected, according to AdvaMed. Customs and Border Protection began collecting the additional duties on July 6. The Trump administration announced in April that it intended to impose tariffs on $50 billion […]
Stocks slide further as Trump doubles down on China tariffs
The Trump administration yesterday added $200 billion worth of tariffs to the $50 billion in trade levies already slated to go into place next month and threatened to add $200 billion more, sending share prices down The news put the Dow Jone Industrial Average on track for its longest losing streak in 15 months and […]
Markets slide on Trump’s China tariffs
Stock markets the world over slipped today after the Trump Administration pulled the trigger on $50 billion in tariffs against China, including medical devices made in the People’s Republic that could put a $5 billion hit on the U.S. medtech industry. The new tariffs impose an extra 25% duty on Chinese imports with “industrially significant” […]
Trump tariffs leave medical device companies in the dark
U.S. medical device industry representatives, for now, appear to be taking a wait and see approach as President Donald Trump’s administration wrangles over trade policy and threatens tariffs against China. The status of China tariffs on medical devices is unknown at this time as the Trump administration continues to make changes to its trade policies […]
Trump tariffs would take a $5B bite out of the medical device industry
The U.S. medical device industry could come out as a major loser if the Trump administration ends up fighting a trade war with China, according to experts following the situation. Out of the $50 billion in tariffs against imported Chinese goods that the U.S. Trade Representative is proposing, $5 billion involves medical device and technology […]
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