Healthcare DIVE April 3, 2025
Lobby groups like the American Hospital Association and AdvaMed have so far failed to get medical devices and critical supplies carved out from the Trump administration’s tariffs.
AdvaMed, one of the medical device industry’s largest trade groups, reiterated its opposition to broad-based tariffs Wednesday, saying the actions would hurt innovation, cost jobs and increase healthcare costs, after the Trump administration announced new duties on most U.S. trading partners.
“The medtech industry should be exempted from these tariffs,” CEO Scott Whitaker said in a statement.
President Donald Trump, speaking in the White House’s Rose Garden, said the U.S. will impose a baseline tariff of 10% on most U.S. imports and higher “reciprocal” rates on certain countries to address trade imbalances, but...
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