The United States recently announced it would impose 25% tariffs on $1.3 billion in imports from France, including handbags, effective January 6, 2021. The tariffs are in response to planned French digital services tax (DST) that largely affect American technology companies. Presumably, the U.S. announced the product list – with delayed imple...
Continue readingOn July 1, the Coalition for GSP submitted an updated version of its letter urging swift GSP renewal. This new version with 250 signers was submitted for the Ways and Means and Finance Committee hearing record. You can read about the original letter here. If there is sufficient interest, we could issue another update at...
Continue readingOn June 16, over 220 U.S. companies and association sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees urging swift renewal Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The current GSP authorization expires on December 31, 2020. The 201 companies that signed, primarily small businesses, a...
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