New trade data for January came out yesterday and the numbers aren’t pretty: American companies paid $77 million in extra taxes because Congress failed to renew GSP last year. By comparison, the most tariffs paid in a single month during the last 2-year expiration was “just” $61 million. So the stakes for a swift, retroactive...
Continue readingIn July 2017, the GSP program saved American companies $73 million on about $1.8 billion in imports. GSP imports were up by 18 percent – and tariffs savings were up by 23 percent – compared to July 2016. (NOTE: that likely understates savings, as U.S. government data show no claimed GSP benefits for imports of...
Continue readingIn May 2017, the GSP program saved American companies $72 million on about $1.8 billion in imports. GSP imports were up by 14 percent – and tariffs savings were up by 16 percent – compared to May 2016. Some states such as New Hampshire and New Mexico saw much larger increases in GSP imports and...
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