The Senate is in its 3rd day of debate on amendments to the GSP/TAA bill. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) keeps saying that he hopes we’re “heading into the home stretch,” but it is unclear when final votes will take place. While the Senators continue to talk, more American companies continue to join our efforts. Since...
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Written on September 15, 2011 in
Alaska
As the debate over GSP moves to the Senate, our focus has been on the state-level impacts of GSP expiration (as you may have noticed here and here). Below is our latest fact sheet showing how GSP expiration impacts different individual states. At some point there will be a “call to action,” but in the...
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The fifth installment in a our “American Faces of GSP Expiration” series. This Tennessee-based company, with additional manufacturing facilities in New York, Virginia, and West Virginia, has already laid off 5 workers because of GSP expiration. If GSP is not renewed soon, it may have an even greater impact on the ability of ...
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