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...Administration upped the tariff on Swiss watches...
...tariff on imported bicycles was raised...
...decision to raise tariffs on bicycles, the President paid tribute to the skill of foreign manufacturers, mostly British, who make lightweight bicycles that outperform heavier U.S. varieties. If U.S. bicyclemakers would follow the foreign example, said the President, U.S. industry would benefit. Nevertheless, he penalized the foreign manufacturers with a 50% tariff increase...
...BICYCLE TARIFFS are going up 50% to protect U.S. manufacturers from foreign competition. With imported bikes grabbing off nearly 40% of the U.S. market, President Eisenhower last week jacked up tariff rates from 7½ to 11¼% on popular, lightweight, large-wheel models, as high as 22½% on other foreign-made bikes. Estimated increase in retail prices to U.S. cyclists: up to $5 a bike. Increase in U.S.-made bike prices: none...
Surveying the world's trade boom, officials of GATT (the 34-nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) reported last week that trade totals for the last six months of 1954 were almost 30% higher than they were in 1950. But two bad practices impede an even greater prosperity, said GATT. Nonindustrial countries (in Asia and Latin America) maintain tariff and quota walls to protect infant manufacturing industries which are in many cases uneconomic. Industrial nations (Western Europe and the U.S.) continue to protect their farmers against imported farm products that are produced more cheaply elsewhere...