300 Organizations Now Calling on Congress to Renew GSP Before July 31 Expiration
With GSP’s scheduled expiration day looming, the number of companies that are worried about higher import taxes (as soon as next week) continues to grow. Earlier today, A.I Globalpack in Houston, Texas and UTAS-USA in Des Plaines, Illinois became the 299th and 300th organizations to join the GSP Supporter List, a group of like-minded American...
Continue readingIdeas Lab Perspective: Time is Running Out To Renew Trade Program
This morning, the Ideas Lab website published a “perspectives” piece from us on the impacts of the GSP program called Time is Running Out to Renew Trade Program. We note that GSP was built around the idea that “opening markets to imports from low income countries plagued by poverty and a paucity of good employment opportuniti...
Continue readingGSP Senate Bill Introduced
Here’s the link. More info to come. Make sure to use our Senate contact page to show your support.
Continue readingNFTC: “Congress Needs to Act on GSP”
Yesterday, the National Foreign Trade Council‘s President Bill Reinsch wrote a blog titled “Congress Needs to Act on GSP.” Given the name of our own blog, you could probably guess that we agree 100 percent with Bill. As the article points out, GSP renewal shouldn’t be difficult: Liberals like it because it helps people in...
Continue readingGSP Renewal Legislation Introduced in House!
Yesterday, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp and Ranking Member Sander Levin, along with Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes and Ranking Member Charlie Rangel, introduced H.R. 2709, which would renew GSP through September 30, 2015. You can read the Coalition’s statement here. While this is a positive first step, the House will not a...
Continue readingHouse GSP Contact Page Now Live
Our House contact page is now live. Like the Senate page, it allow you to: -call the office (if on a mobile device, otherwise you will have to look at the number and dial) -submit comments through the official House webform -tweet directly at the Representative and their respective Ways and Means Committee/Leadership member (we...
Continue readingGSP Senate Contact Page is Back!
We just re-launched our Senate contact page, and with less than 3 weeks until GSP expiration, we need all the contacts possible to make one final push before expiration. There are multiple options this year, and for each Senate office you can: -call the office (if on a mobile device, otherwise you will have to...
Continue readingNRF Letter Urges GSP Renewal – Plus More Supporters!
On Friday, the National Retail Federation sent a letter to every Member of Congress urging support for immediate Congressional consideration and passage. The letter stated that GSP is “critical to American employers and families that this important trade program is renewed in advance of its expiration.” Given GSP’s broad bipartisa...
Continue readingU.S. Chamber Urges Congress to Renew GSP
Yesterday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter urging Congressional leaders to renew GSP before its scheduled expiration on July 31. The letter stated that: “GSP has been an effective tool promoting market-based economic growth in developing countries, bolstering U.S. manufacturing, and expanding consumer choice. The Chamber urges you ...
Continue readingStrange Day in the GSP World
Press reports indicate that the Obama administration will suspend GSP benefits for Bangladesh following a long review by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, although the official announcement has not been released. Meanwhile, it appears that Ecuador has decided to unilaterally renounce its ATPA benefits, claiming that the United States was...
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