Major GOP Donors' Company Receives Unexplained Tariff Exemption
Reyes Holdings, a Coca-Cola bottling giant owned by two major Republican donors, secured a tariff exemption for PET plastic resin with no public explanation, leaving industry insiders baffled. Records show the company had recently hired lobbyists with close White House ties, heightening suspicions about how the carve-out was won.
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- Trump Tariff Exemptions Benefit Politically Connected Firms (2018-03-08)
- Trump's tariff threats send U.S. companies scrambling for lobbyists and loopholes (2024-11-12)
- New Research Shows Trump Administration Helped Donor Companies (2024-04-15)
- Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions (2025-04-10)
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