CPI’s Spike Calls for ‘Immediate Elimination’ of Section 301 Tariffs: AAFA

January’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing the largest 12-month increase in the consumer price index in 40 years shows the need for the "immediate elimination and refund of punitive Section 301 tariffs on U.S. imports from China,” said American Apparel & Footwear Association CEO Steve Lamar Thursday. “These price increases are not subtle and not sustainable,” said Lamar: “Consumers are feeling taxed at the register -- online and in-store -- due to record-setting inflationary pressure.” Lamar’s association was one of seven trade groups joining with CTA and the National Retail Federation to file an amicus brief in the Section 301 litigation urging the U.S. Court of International Trade to vacate the Lists 3 and 4A tariffs on Chinese imports due to violations of Administrative Procedure Act protections against sloppy and unresponsive federal rulemakings.