Following yesterday’s piece in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial today called Fair Trade for One (note: we updated the link to a non-gated version, although this may change). The article focuses primarily on Senator Jeff Sessions’ decision to hold up GSP renewal to benefit a company in Alabama, whi...
Continue readingToday’s New York Times ran an editorial called No Way to Run a Trade Policy. The article describes the current battle over the pending expiration of the Andean trade preferences and the TAA program and highlights GSP’s expiration last December. In short, it argues that: Lawmakers need to look beyond their noses and extend al...
Continue readingWhen you look at a list of U.S. tariff codes, it’s often hard to visualize the products being described. One exception is U.S. harmonized tariff schedule (HTS) number 4202.92.04: “Insulated beverage bag w/outer surface textiles, interior only flexible plastic container storing/dispensing beverage thru flexible tubing.” To ou...
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