U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese companies, as well as American and Chinese businesses, have voiced opposition to President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs of up to 25 percent on an additional $300 billion of Chinese products.
Companies such as Epson America Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., as well as U.S. industry groups, expressed their stances before the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative holds a hearing starting next week on the proposed tariffs.
Epson said it will request the Office of the USTR to remove from the potential list of products subject to additional duties projectors, large format printers, receipt printers and scanners, citing "a detrimental impact on U.S. consumers and businesses."