Two more companies joined our GSP Supporter List today and…they could not be more different. One sells a wide range of products to customers like you and me. The other supplies specialized packaging products like intermodal sea bulk container liners. One has tens of thousands of U.S. employees; the other has three. One...
Continue readingThe Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program eliminates U.S. tariffs (i.e., taxes) on certain imports from developing countries. GSP imports in 2011 totaled $18.5 billion and the program saved American companies more than $700 million. GSP saved Louisiana companies an estimated $7.9 million in 2011. Louisiana companies imported an estimated ...
Continue readingThe 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...
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