(Bloomberg) -- Republican Senator Susan Collins on Saturday called on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to temporarily defer tariffs for U.S. companies that are suffering economic hardship because of the coronavirus outbreak and said duties on imports from China and the EU have been a particular concern for companies in her home state of Maine.
“I have heard directly from domestic manufactures, retail and apparel companies and small businesses importing specialty products,” she wrote in a letter to Mnuchin. “Mainers are resilient and we will make it through this pandemic stronger than before; however, I also want to encourage the Administration to help lessen the burden when possible.”
