Written on July 24, 2017 in
Brazil
Summit Specialty is a small business in Alpharetta, Georgia that supplies interior pine doors for the U.S. residential housing market. GSP eliminates the 4.8 percent import tax on the 1 3/8″ doors that Summit sources from Brazil and helps reduce costs for new single-family homes built throughout the United States. New tariffs from GSP expirat...
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On Monday, President Donald J. Trump declared July 16-22 to be “Made in America” week and held an event at the White House highlighting American-made products. Yet such events often overlook the benefits of imports, including programs such as GSP, in creating those American-made products. Take BTR International, a small business in New ...
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Written on July 17, 2017 in
India
Austin-based Matr Boomie was founded in 2006 with the mission of creating opportunities for women and minorities to realize their creative, economic, and leadership potential. Since then it has grown to empower 20,000 artisans in 40 partner communities throughout India and its products are sold at more than 1,500 retailers in North America, Europe,...
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