dZi, Inc. in Easthampton, Massachusetts was founded in 1990 to provide a market for products made by the Tibetan refugee community in India. A founding member of the Fair Trade Federation, which is dedicated to helping marginalized artisan communities in developing countries, today dZi’s purchases support over 1,000 artisans in Nepal and Indi...
Continue readingGSP is scheduled to expire in a little over 3 months – and Congress will not be in Washington for most of that time. The Coalition for GSP is launching a new effort to collect video testimonials from companies sharing why they need Congress to renew GSP. Our first video comes from Xpres LLC in...
Continue readingIn late April, the United States suspended duty-free treatment for about 1/3 of Thailand’s imports under GSP. Lost GSP for Thailand cost importers up to $17 million in extra taxes from May to July; another burden for American GSP importers hurt by the Covid-19 pandemic and recession. New data suggests cloth face masks are the...
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