Last week, we wrote about how American companies have paid about $800 million in extra tariffs due to recent GSP country terminations but there has been no progress on any of the issues raised in country reviews. There are lots of new proposed eligibility criteria, and policymakers want to create an environment where those criteria...
Continue readingAccording to new research from the Coalition for GSP, expiration of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program cost American companies at least $83 million in April 2021. Congressional authorization for GSP expired on December 31, 2020. In the first four months of expiration, American companies paid at least $308 million in extra taxes as....
Continue readingThe Senate approved the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) – a $250 billion piece of legislation focusing primarily on research and development funding – by a vote of 68-32. USICA includes the Trade Act of 2021 that was negotiated between Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo ...
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