Written on August 29, 2014 in
GSP
Before leaving for the holiday weekend, please answer the GSP expiration impact survey if you haven’t already. It should only take a few minutes. We want the best report possible waiting when Congress returns to DC on September 8, which requires responses from as many GSP importers as possible. All company responses will remain confidential.....
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Written on August 27, 2014 in
GSP
On Friday we wrote about these being very tough times for many GSP importers. As we compile responses from our most recent survey, it’s painful to read about how lives have been hurt by GSP expiration. And why? At the most basic level, these people are suffering for two reasons: *only* 99 percent of Senators...
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We continue to receive responses to our survey on the impacts of GSP expiration after 1 year. To be blunt, they are not pretty. Here are a couple responses we heard this morning: One small business in Illinois laid off a worker yesterday. They have also delayed two hires, so instead of 12 employees they...
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