Monthly Archives: March 2025

Tariffs, Tiffs, and Tank Tigers: The Real April Fools’ Game

March 13, 2025
Posted in Tank Blog
By Ernie Barsamian

It’s time to assign tariffs! Or is just another episode of Mean Girls? There’s 4 for you, 2 for you, one for you and none for Gretchen Weiners. Bye. On March 4, 25% tariffs were levied against Mexico, Canada and China. Of course, China promptly retaliated with tariffs on some agricultural imports. The stock market took a beating and then […]

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Chemical Chaos: Tariffs, Tanks, and Trade Tantrums

March 7, 2025
Posted in Tank Blog
By Ernie Barsamian

The United States is the world’s largest importer of chemicals, importing $324 billion worth of chemicals in 2023. The recent announcement to impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and an additional 10% on goods from China will certainly alter the existing U.S. trade policy, particularly in the specialty chemical arena which have […]

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