cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/67964
As of mid-November, 34 percent of parents in households with infants had trouble finding formula, U.S. census data show.
Yet despite the hungry babies and ongoing crisis, dairy lobbyists are now telling Congress it’s time to end the emergency waivers issued on foreign brands imported to help alleviate shortages. With the waivers set to expire at the end of this year, the National Milk Producers Federation is asking lawmakers to oppose any effort to extend the waivers, subjecting foreign companies to high tariffs come Jan. 1, 2023. The increased taxes would then likely be passed onto American consumers and/or slow imports overall.