Posted on 06/08/2018 9:17:48 AM PDT by DFG
A dozen House lawmakers have introduced legislation to remove President Trump's tariffs on Canadian newsprint so a study can be done on how much those tariffs are crushing local newspapers around the country.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., is a response to the 22 percent tariff that the Trump administration has imposed on some Canadian newsprint since the beginning of this year. Noem said that tariff has led to rising costs for local newspapers, and are a threat to their survival.
"In recent years, new tariffs on Canadian newsprint have increased paper prices by 20 to 30 percent," Noem said in a statement. "That's significant. A paper that services around 20,000 customers, for instance, could see paper costs rise by about a quarter-million dollars annually, threatening the newspaper's survival."
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You certainly do not know Trump very well.
Not everyone is online or even wants to be
The print media will disappear eventually.
Everything will be digital within 10 years.
The holdouts will be left behind.
He seems to think that he can save American newspapers by slapping a tariff on newsprint.
Taht’s NOY why they’re dying, but it hastens it.
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