The Senate passed the cloture motion this evening by a vote of 84-8. All eight “no” votes came from Republicans, including: Alabama: Senator Jeff Sessions (R); Senator Richard Shelby (R) Arizona: Senator Jon Kyl (R); Senator John McCain (R) Louisiana: Senator David Vitter (R) Oklahoma: Senator Tom Coburn (R) South Carolina: Senato...
Continue readingReduced posting hasn’t meant reduced work. Instead, we’ve been creating the state-by-state reports on the impacts of GSP expiration with the new trade data that came out last week. Below is the first batch of reports for Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, and Connecticut. If you operate in any of those states ...
Continue readingA New Jersey-based company (that wishes to remain anonymous) recently told me why GSP’s expiration is particularly harmful to their business. The company provides goods and services to hundreds of municipal water and sewer boards around the country, including those in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, and Miami. Since its clients ar...
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