If someone hears “labor intensive manufacturing in Cambodia,” the mental image is probably nothing what they’d see by visiting the Montana Fly Company (MFC) factory in Phnom Penh. Based in Columbia Falls, Montana and founded in 1998, MFC now has distributors in every fly fishing country. The nature of MFC’s products – ...
Continue readingOn November 19, 75 Members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai supporting U.S.-India negotiations, including a “framework for a deal that could be implemented soon after Congress reauthorizes the GSP program.” The letter was led by House Ways and Means Committee Members Suzan DelBene ...
Continue readingBased on an analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau data released yesterday, expiration of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program cost American companies at least $97 million in September 2021. Congressional authorization for GSP expired on December 31, 2020. Citing these growing costs along side Covid-related and supply chain challenges, o...
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