Foreign trade zones are protection against protectionism
3 minutos When foreign trade zones were created in the 1930s, they served as liminal spaces, softening the full force of that era’s protectionist policies for importers. As US protectionism returns, they are resuming their original purpose. US companies are increasingly turning to FTZs as a structural response to an unpredictable tariff environment, which signals that the market has stopped treating the disruption as temporary. Throughout 2025, US companies tried a range of short-term fixes for tariffs. These included frontloading inventory before higher levies Continue lendo→
