Written on July 25, 2013 in
GSP
The Senate continues working to pass S. 1331 by unanimous consent before next week’s expiration. Since any one Senator can block renewal, though, it’s critical that all GSP importers reach out to their Senators and urge support for the bill. You can call, email, or tweet using our Senate contact page. It’s now or never...
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With GSP’s scheduled expiration day looming, the number of companies that are worried about higher import taxes (as soon as next week) continues to grow. Earlier today, A.I Globalpack in Houston, Texas and UTAS-USA in Des Plaines, Illinois became the 299th and 300th organizations to join the GSP Supporter List, a group of like-minded American...
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Written on July 22, 2013 in
GSP
This morning, the Ideas Lab website published a “perspectives” piece from us on the impacts of the GSP program called Time is Running Out to Renew Trade Program. We note that GSP was built around the idea that “opening markets to imports from low income countries plagued by poverty and a paucity of good employment opportuniti...
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