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How Turkish exporters plan to avoid impact of US trade wars

Turkish businesspeople have outlined an investment plan to duck US tariffs and increase sales to the world’s largest consumer market.
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As US President Donald Trump forges ahead with his trade wars, Turkish businesspeople are working on a new strategy to boost sales to the United States. The plan involves the creation of a Turkish industrial zone in the United States, where unpackaged food products from Turkey will be packaged and put on the market. The exportation of goods in bulk is meant to duck tariffs and make Turkish products more competitive in the US market.

The Turkish American Business Association (TABA) is leading the effort to establish the industrial zone, which would be the first of its kind for Turkey in the United States.

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