Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and many other legislators are attempting to impose a big tax increase on low-income families by ending the “de minimis” exemption (from the Latin for “pertaining to tiny or trivial things”) in tariff law that spares goods valued under $800 originating from non-market economies like China. Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden has introduced separate legislation that would impose an average 14.7 percent tax on all low-priced clothing imports.
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