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The new tariffs: Winners and losers

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By Rob Bates
| The Jewelry Wire
GN Diamond: Where great prices lead to true partnerships. The diamond source that thousands of jewelers trust. As expected, the Trump administration imposed a new group of tariffs on dozens of countries Friday, following the expiration of the global 10% duties it imposed in February. The tariffs were ostensibly the result of the U.S. Trade Representative investigations into compliance with forced labor laws, under Section 301 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974.
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One Woman Takes on a Huge E-Tailer Over Cadmium in Jewelry

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By Rob Bates, Karen Dybis, Brittany Siminitz
| JCK Magazine Verified
Jayne Bond is a part-time jewelry consultant who never expected to end up in a battle with one of the world’s biggest retailers. And yet for the last year, she’s conducted a dogged probe into whether jewelry sold on Amazon contains dangerously high level of cadmium, which recently spurred an investigative piece in the U.K. Sunday Times. Her saga started last summer when she sustained a hand injury caused by a faulty phone charger she bought on Amazon.
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Kaitlyn Elizabeth Celebrates Heritage With Paraiba Tourmaline Collection

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By Karen Dybis, Brittany Siminitz, Rob Bates
| JCK Magazine Verified
Kaitlyn Elizabeth’s new collection centering on paraiba tourmaline is an homage to founder Kaitlyn O’Neill’s family as well as a signal that this fine jewelry brand, which just released its first pieces last month, is one to watch. O’Neill, who also founded the demi-fine and costume jewelry Honey by Kait, is debuting Kaitlyn Elizabeth’s Heritage collection today with four pieces featuring paraiba tourmalines. Three of them have natural diamonds as well.
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