Targeting Success
"Economic pressures caused by unfair global competition are harming U.S. forest products manufacturing competitiveness. Public policies in the regulatory, trade, energy, and tax areas are equally destructive. …
"We would encourage the Administration to attack these problems on several fronts. Tax: Reduce the tax rate on manufacturing income and reform tax rules for U.S. companies that sell products overseas. Regulatory: Sound science should be the root of all regulations. Benefits should outweigh costs. Energy: A new energy bill should increase access to natural gas on federal land. Legal: Restore sanity to the legal system by passing class action reform and solve the asbestos crisis. Trade: Secure tariff elimination on manufactured goods, end currency manipulation, and eliminate foreign government subsidization of new capacity building in sectors with excess capacity."
