Last week, approximately 60 GSP advocates met with Members and staff for 90+ Congressional offices from 20+ states – or almost 20% of the 118th Congress. The Coalition for GSP’s lobby day was an opportunity for GSP users to share their expiration stories directly with key Members, including new House Ways & Means Committee Chairman....
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Most people know that Valentine’s Day is the #1 holiday for rose sales in the United States. Demand for many other gift items surges too. Sadly, Americans are paying extra taxes on roses and many other gift items because Congress has failed to renew GSP. Let’s look first at flowers. Last Friday, U.S. Customs and...
Continue readingThe 118th Congress is off to a slow start, after the 117th Congress was the first to let GSP remain lapsed in its entirety in the program’s nearly 50-year history. Not only is this the longest expiration in GSP’s history, the tariff costs associated with expiration will soon be at least twice as high as...
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