May is World Trade Month. For most people, that means a chance to talk up the benefits of exports for American jobs. Yet for many American companies – and users of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program in particular – access to imports has an important, positive, U.S. job impact that is too...
Continue reading[getty src=”172709561?et=GcWiOQ7veUCcIPCXAam_nQ&sig=4GqngzqV2fttUS29IMlV1bAT_d8n-2VMK47gpxuFRgs=” width=”450″ height=”354″] Tax day. For some that means refunds and others it means cutting a check to Uncle Sam. For GSP importers, it means another $1.8 million in higher import taxes (in addition to corporate t...
Continue readingWhen February 14 rolls around every year, very few people think about expired trade programs. But perhaps they should. In particular, Members of Congress should take a moment to realize how allowing programs like GSP to remain expired can increase costs on what should be one of the sweetest days of the year. Don’t get...
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