Economics

Purell Gets Tariff Exclusion as Trump Reverses Earlier Rejection

  • Chinese parts in hand-sanitizer dispensers faced a 25% tariff
  • Move comes after lawmakers objected to earlier USTR denial
Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
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The maker of Purell hand sanitizer was granted exclusions from U.S. tariffs on components it imports from China, in a reversal by the Trump administration aimed at lifting barriers for products used to fight the coronavirus pandemic.