The 2016 presidential elections have focused a lot on trade – and not in a good way. The remaining candidates on both sides of the aisle seem to be jockeying for the mantle of “Most Protectionist.” In current environment, it is more important than ever to speak about the benefits of imports as part of...
Continue readingToday is yet another big day in the 2016 presidential primaries as voters head to the polls in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. With all of the anti-trade rhetoric in the campaign, it is important to recognize how these states benefit from trade, and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program in particular.....
Continue readingYesterday, the Coalition for GSP joined with nearly two dozen leading trade groups to announce that the fifth annual “Imports Work” Week will take place from May 9-13, 2016. A study unveiled during Imports Work Week in 2013 found that 16 million U.S. jobs depend on imports. Another study by HSBC shows that imports save...
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