‘Very Wrong’ Policies Limit Tariff Remedy in Baby Formula Crisis

Legislation to pause tariffs on some infant formula imports is lawmakers’ latest effort to ease a supply crisis, but trade experts warn that other hurdles are keeping foreign formula out of the US.

Congress cleared a bill Thursday to suspend tariffs on certain formula imports until the end of December, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden to sign. Lawmakers hope pausing tariffs of as much as 17.5% for some countries will make foreign formula makers more likely to export to the US, offering relief to parents facing empty shelves since Abbott Laboratories in February recalled some of its products, ...