With the U.S.-China tariffs now underway, the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has again appealed to the Trump administration to make an exemption for medical imaging devices.
The Section 301 tariffs on goods manufactured in China may harm the U.S. medical technology industry's capacity to remain competitive and, ultimately, compromise patient access to healthcare services, MITA Executive Director Patrick Hope said in a statement. The tariffs could cost the industry billions of dollars, including more than $138 million this year.
Although the administration has said it will implement an exemption process for medical devices, it has yet to provide any information about how or when it will do so, Hope said.
![Axial images from unenhanced calcium score cardiac CT (left) and curved planar reformation images from CT angiography (right) show that higher long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with greater coronary artery calcium and more obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Top row: Images in a 68-year-old male patient with higher 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (7.9 μg/m3 for particulate matter measuring ≤2.5 μm in diameter [PM2.5] and 17.4 parts per billion [ppb] for NO2) with extensive CAD (coronary artery calcium score [CACS] >1,000 and obstructive CAD [≥70% diameter stenosis]). Bottom row: Images in a 57-year-old female patient with lower 10-year mean ambient air pollution exposure (6.3 μg/m3 for PM2.5 and 4.6 ppb for NO2) with no CAD (CACS = 0 and no obstructive stenosis).](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/06/hanneman.r6SMLzkezo.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
