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GSP saved American companies $879 million in 2020, but expiration already hurting American jobs and workers

Written on February 11, 2021 in New York

According to new research from the Coalition for GSP, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program saved American companies $879 million in 2020. Total imports under GSP were nearly $17 billion. Overall GSP imports and savings were down from 2019 due to both country terminations and coronavirus impacts. GSP savings started growing again in l...

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30-person chemical distributor: GSP “saves our company the equivalent of more than a full-time employee’s annual salary”

Written on October 14, 2020 in Brazil

TR International (TRI) is a chemical distributor based in Seattle, Washington. It employs 20 workers at its Seattle headquarters and 10 more at locations throughout the United States. It supplies imported and domestic chemicals to American manufacturers of paints, coatings, industrial cleaners, personal care products, hand sanitizers, and disinfect...

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Western Massachusetts small business: GSP savings “enough to pay for staff health care or a new employee”

Written on September 24, 2020 in India

dZi, Inc. in Easthampton, Massachusetts was founded in 1990 to provide a market for products made by the Tibetan refugee community in India. A founding member of the Fair Trade Federation, which is dedicated to helping marginalized artisan communities in developing countries, today dZi’s purchases support over 1,000 artisans in Nepal and Indi...

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