FPA Submits a Statement for the Record for the Senate Finance Committee’s Hearing on the President’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda

My name is Alison Keane, and I am the President and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA). FPA, which is the voice of U.S. manufacturers of flexible packaging and their suppliers, continues to be troubled by the President’s Trade Policy, specifically with regard to aluminum foil tariffs. At a time when sterile packaging for food, health and hygiene, and medical equipment is more important than ever, and as U.S. manufacturers are continuing to suffer from the worst economy in decades, the Administration should be looking at ways to alleviate supply chain burdens, not increase them. The flexible packaging industry is once again unfairly targeted with unwarranted trade actions on aluminum foil that not only threatens food, pharmaceutical, and medical security in the U.S.; but will also negatively impact domestic jobs and increase prices during a time of unprecedented inflation.