GSP benefits kick back in in just a few days, but it will be a while until we know the full cost of tariffs paid by American companies due to expiration. According to the latest available data, American companies paid $67 million in extra taxes because Congress failed to renew GSP last year. In the...
Continue readingNew trade data for January came out yesterday and the numbers aren’t pretty: American companies paid $77 million in extra taxes because Congress failed to renew GSP last year. By comparison, the most tariffs paid in a single month during the last 2-year expiration was “just” $61 million. So the stakes for a swift, retroactive...
Continue readingHigh GSP savings levels continued in October: GSP saved American companies $82 million on about $2.0 billion in imports – more than any other month all the way back to October 2006. GSP imports were up by 22 percent – and tariffs savings were up by 28 percent – compared to October 2016. Year-to-date savings...
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