May 2025 Volume 7

WASHINGTON UPDATE

strategic tariff strategy, manufacturers in virtually all sectors could flourish. Unfortunately, the questions over which tax incentives industry can rely upon and which tariffs will benefit their business will continue to linger well into the summer. As the President presses forward with his tariff strategy, most of those decisions will increasingly align in the coming months with the tax negotiations on Capitol Hill. As both issues converge, FIA members should look to the long term opportunities tariffs present, while planning their investments around potential short term tax relief. While my inbox is flooded today with tariffs, I do hope manufacturers do not lose sight of the tax relief, coming tomorrow.

Omar S. Nashashibi is the Founder of Inside Beltway, a nonpartisan lobbying and strategic consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Having worked in the nation’s capital for over twenty-five years, Mr. Nashashibi provides strategic consulting services to companies while also lobbying the White House and Congress on behalf of manufacturing, associations, defense firms, nonprofits, and other sectors. He works with policymakers on trade, taxes, environmental and workplace regulations, supply chains, job training and identifying grants and funding to

support projects. Having started his career in Washington D.C. in 1996, Mr. Nashashibi worked for the Office of Management and Budget, a branch of the White House, a large multi-state law firm, and founded a previous lobbying firm in 2005. He graduated from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he studied Political Science and International Affairs. He is based in Washington, D.C., representing the Forging Industry Association. He can be reached at omar@insidebeltway.com.

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