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Into the united states. so the in september the commerce department increased tariffs on select chinese quartz to five times the previous number and bumped up the tariffs once again in november. clearly the companies reselling the cut rate chinese quartz were hoping to keep it flowing now it appears they too will have to make a few adjustments >> laura: thanks so much trace. marty davis ceo of cambria is here. marty this is a wild story. you started this company when? >> 2001, laura. >> laura: 2...

Chinese quartz to five times the previous number, and bumped up the tariffs once again in november. clearly the companies rewill selling the cut-rate chinese quartz were hoping to keep the goods flowing. now it appears they too will have to make a few adjustments. laura. >> laura: trace, thanks so much. marty davis, c.e.o. of cambria is here. marty, this is a wild story. you started this company when? >> 2001, laura. >> laura: 2001 and you saw a market and you live in minnesota. your family has ...

Bounced up again to $526 million but the quartzz was being illegally dumped in the us meaning china was subsidizing it so it could be sold in this country well below the cost. the goal is to undercut the competition and control the market. cambria estimates last year alone china displaced $1.2 billion of us quartz. adding insult to injure the china was slapping a 40% tariff on quartz being imported to their country. last april cambria petitions the international trade commission to intervene whi...

American intellectual property. as president of the united states, its my duty and responsibility to protect the american workers technology and industry from unfair and abusive actions. >> laura: that event, president trump was attended by my next guest, cambria c.e.o. marty davis. his company was the target of a chinese effort that would have destroyed potentially his company until he and the white house with its own policies and focus fought back. marty is going to join us in a moment. but fi...

Wasnt just being imported. it was being illegally dumped in the u.s. -- meaning china was subsidizing it so it could be sold in this country well below cost. the goal of course is to undercut the competition is control the market. cambria estimates that last year alone china displaced $1.2 billion of u.s. quartz and adding insult to injury china was also slapping a 40% tariff on quartz being imported to their country. last april, cambria petitioned the u.s. commerce department and the internatio...

Im joined by judge andrew napolitano, senior judicial analyst, and susan lee covering this case. good to have you here but what you think about harvards case? >> its no surprise that asian parents drive their children to academic excellence, its the foundation of asian culture. that means to earn a respectable place in society, you have to excel when it comes to school. in this case on balance most people ive spoken to in the asian communities think this is discrimination. >> judge, what you thi...

A mineral thats heat and acid resistant that can withstand radio waves it may not be indestructible but in any case its fast drugger than any stone or ballistic its quartz. in japan engineers at the hitachi laboratories partnered with kyoto university have been working with. trying to create the most stable digital storage medium ever. but they still have to discover a way to overcome the extreme resistance of this rock crystal. we began our research in one nine hundred ninety six. when the mura...

Of booker t. washington to dine at the white house was taken as an outrage in many quartz. america today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. there is no better evidence of this than the election of an african-american to the presidency of the united states. >> what a moment. and john rose to the occasion and said, he is my president now. >> and i pledge to him tonight -- >> did you study his concession speech when you had to give yours? >> i did think about it. i tr...

At the white house was taken as an outrage in many quartz. america today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. there is no better evidence of this than the election of an african-american to the presidency of the united states. >> what a moment. and john rose to the occasion and said, he is my president now. >> and i pledge to him tonight -- >> did you study his concession speech when you had to give yours? >> i did think about it. i tried to speak in a way that would...

Things with springs instead of quartz and vibrating crystals. while were in love with and accept that precision is hugely important, in impressicision, ar all, were imprecise, we should give equal weight to craftsmanship and the love of the imprecise. >> is this a happy balance we can achieve, where for efficiency we all accept, you know, fiberglass and plastic, but we esthetically prefer wood and bamboo? >> thats a very interesting question. i think in truly materialist societies, which i think...