Lucia Alonzo and Mike Dankler

Michael Best Strategies Adds Principals Lucia Alonzo & Mike Dankler

Michael Best Strategies LLC announced today that Lucia Alonzo and Mike Dankler have joined as Principals in the D.C. office. Both government...
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President Trump Will Re-impose Tariffs on Aluminum Imports from Canada

President Trump announced Thursday that he’s removing Canada’s exemption from the 10% tariffs on aluminum imports under Section 232, effective August 16.
Tariffs Ahead

The Rising Trade Battle Over Digital Services Taxes

The Trump administration’s increasing focus and investigations on digital services taxes are paving the path for the next trade battle. Without surprise, the...
Trade War

Takeaways from the List 4A Exclusion Filings

The end of January marked the deadline to submit exclusion requests under the Section 301 List 4A tariffs. Michael Best Strategies was...
Tariff Exclusion

China 301 Tariffs on List 4A Reduction Date Set

PHASE ONE TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION BEGINS ON 2/14/20 UPDATE Last week, on January 15, President Trump signed a Phase One trade deal with China. The Section...
Trade War

Section 301 Tariff Actions: Where We Stand Today

With the September 1 implementation of a 15% tariff on products noted on List 4A, we would like to provide a general update on...
Washington, D.C. Open House for Michael Best Strategies

Michael Best Strategies Hosts D.C. Open House

On Wednesday, May 1st, Michael Best & Friedrich and Michael Best Strategies hosted an open house in their new Washington, D.C. office. Held on...
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Veto Power in Wisconsin – Part 2

Balance of power in Wisconsin The partial veto power, even after its reductions in 1990 and 2008, remains a potent tool that is exclusive to...
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Michael Best Strategies’ Trade Team Leads Success for Small Businesses

Over the past nine months, Michael Best Strategies’ trade team - including myself have been working with numerous small businesses across the United States...
Collaboration

Governor Veto Power in Wisconsin

History of the partial veto The governor of Wisconsin has always had package veto power, which, until the early 1900s, proved sufficient as a check...