Ciranda, Inc. employs 55 people in Hudson, Wisconsin. Founded in 1994, Ciranda supplies certified organic and non-GMO ingredients – with a focus on sustainable supply and fair trade practices – to American brands and manufacturers. In 2017, Ciranda became a 100% employee-owned company. It is among the many companies in the United States...
Continue readingLast 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 readingWhen it comes to GSP eligibility criteria, imposing higher tariffs without accomplishing any positive changes in GSP country policies is the absolute worst-case scenario. It is also the norm. Due to GSP country terminations of Turkey (May 2019) and India (June 2019) and partial suspensions of Thailand (April 2020, December 2020), American companies...
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