GSP saved American companies $66 million in June, about $39 million less than in May and $15 million less (-18%) from June 2018. The June declines reflect the first full month without GSP eligibility for imports from Turkey and first (mostly) full month without GSP for India. In the first six months of 2019, GSP...
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Written on March 12, 2019 in
Alaska
GSP saved American companies a record $1.03 billion in 2018, smashing the previous high of $894 million set in 2017. Since Congress renewed GSP in 2015 following a multi-year lapse, annual GSP savings for American companies have increased by more than $350 million. Despite overwhelming congressional support for GSP renewal in 2018, the Trump...
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Written on March 8, 2018 in
Alaska
New 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...
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