company the firm tons of taiwan but most factories that would too swamped with business from american idol they declined it so it is because they weren't big enough to be profitable the struggle to find an alternative to china epitomizes the challenges many u.s. firms have faced since the start of the trade disputes while the phrase one deal may be a step forward it's not so solution. if we knew one way for sure was going to go away or one way you know the tariff would be here to stay we could plan long term but now we have to kind of be nimble and and move in short term increments. the phase one trade deal suspends a further increase in tariffs on bicycles and other chinese made goods but that leaves on the existing 25 percent import duties on products including bikes to give the u.s. leverage during trade negotiations uncertainty remains nearly 30 percent of north american companies have switched supply chains away from china according to a recent survey by by cowen and company. several manufacturers are now moving operations to other countries in the region including taiwan thailand and viet

against african americans, but he worked very hard with african american writers, and what they say about him, james weldon johnson, they idolized mencken. he more than anyone else took it upon himself to make sure that literarilly the harlem renaissance succeeded. much more than you asked. >> thank you. eric: is that it are questions? abby: all right. thank you so much. thank you all for coming. if you have not had a chance to get a copy of the book yet, you can get them and bring them back here to be signed. [indiscernible conversations] >> "history bookshelf" features historytry's best writers of the decade talking about their books. every saturday at 4:00 eastern on c-span3. >> products are now available in the new online c-span store. see what is new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. tonight on lectures in history, professor anderson talks about efforts in the early 1950's to register african american voters in mississippi. here is a preview. >> moses goes down to the courthouse. he has a couple of guys with him. they are going up the steps to register black folks to vote. billy jack caston s

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