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...
Continue readingNew 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...
Continue readingGSP-eligible acrylics in action at the underwater Ithaa restaurant in the Maldives Below are some new responses to our GSP reauthorization survey from companies in Colorado, Maryland, and Texas (to go along with responses highlighted yesterday and the day before). With the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees both expecting to ho...
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