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President Trump is optimistic about trade negotiations with China. "The president does seem to have abandoned his policy path for the sake of Chinese concessions," states an AEI report. While there are other challenges, the 90-day period before certain U.S. tariffs are to be raised provides a cooling-off period in which a meaningful agreement between the two countries could take place.

Taylor Morrison's in-house design experts have predicted nine key trends for 2019, based on preferences of recent home buyers and the design team's research. The top two trends on the list: healthy homes and both low and high maintenance design.

Decorative Hardwoods Association® (formerly HPVA) eNews Volume XI, Issue XXII: U.S. Investigates Importers Of Chinese Plywood | U.S. Engineered Flooring Wins Court Challenge By China | What Do Buyers Want In Their Next Kitchen? | Columbia Names Pray As New CEO | Armstrong To Sell Entire Wood Flooring Segment

The U.S. Trade Court dismissed a legal challenge by Chinese engineered flooring exporters to the Commerce Department imposition of 17.37 percent tariffs on Chinese engineered flooring that entered the U.S. market between December 1, 2013, and November 30, 2017. The case goes back to 2010, when the U.S. Department of Commerce opened an investigation and determined that Chinese producers and exporters were dumping multilayered wood flooring in the U.S.

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