Senate Finance Hearing: Coalition Letter to All Committee Members
In advance of today’s hearing on the pending FTAs and GSP renewal, the Coalition for GSP sent this letter to the trade staffer for all Committee Members.
Continue readingCompany Lays Off Workers…Worst May Be Yet to Come
The fifth installment in a our “American Faces of GSP Expiration” series. This Tennessee-based company, with additional manufacturing facilities in New York, Virginia, and West Virginia, has already laid off 5 workers because of GSP expiration. If GSP is not renewed soon, it may have an even greater impact on the ability of ...
Continue readingCoalition for GSP: Press Release on Senate Finance Committee Hearings
Issued today. Here’s an excerpt: “Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus’ announcement that the Committee will begin the process of renewing GSP is welcome news for the thousands of companies, primarily small businesses, that have been burdened by hundreds of millions of dollars in new tariffs since the start of the year,&rdq...
Continue reading“GSP renewal is essential to our family’s future”
While much of the news today is focused on the legislative process by which GSP may move ahead, we must continue to show why it is so important to renew GSP retroactively. Here is the fourth installment in a new series of one-pagers we’re rolling out called “The American Faces of GSP Expiration.” This Brooklyn-based...
Continue readingBaucus Announces GSP Renewal Legislation
This afternoon, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) announced that he would hold a “mock” mark up on legislation implementing the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA). Press release is available here. Included in this legislation is a renewal of the GSP program through July 31, 2013. The legislation...
Continue readingGSP Expiration: “We cannot continue operation like this.”
The third installment in a new series of one-pagers we’re rolling out called “The American Faces of GSP Expiration.” This New Orleans-based company is losing money on every sale of its most important product. Please contact the Coalition to be profiled in our “Faces” series.
Continue readingFaces of GSP Expiration: California
The second installment in a new series of one-pagers we’re rolling out called “The American Faces of GSP Expiration.” This California-based small business had to lay off a worker to compensate for increased costs. Please contact the Coalition to be profiled in our “Faces” series.
Continue readingThe American Faces of GSP Expiration
This is the first installment in a new series of one-pagers we’re rolling out called “The American Faces of GSP Expiration.” It tells the story of Tesoros Foods in Las Vegas, Nevada, an importer and exporter of food products whose business is put at risk because of GSP expiration. The more of these we can...
Continue readingGSP Letter Sent to Maryland Delegation
We recently received the following letter, a variation of which was sent to each member of the Maryland congressional delegation. It shows not only how GSP can help small businesses expand, but also how quickly GSP expiration can wipe out years of growth (emphasis is ours). If your company is in a similar situation, please...
Continue readingMore Excerpts from Letters to Congress
As long as we keep receiving copies of emails sent to Congressional trade staffers through our Email Yours Senators and Email Your Representatives pages, we’ll post excerpts that effectively tell the story of GSP expiration, so please coming them coming. Here are some of the latest sent by… A small business in Illinois to their...
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