Written on February 14, 2022 in
Ecuador
Last year we wrote about how roses were recently added to GSP – but expiration means more expensive roses for Valentine’s Day. Not surprisingly, imports of roses spike in January and February in preparation for the Valentine’s holiday. As Scott Lincicome tweeted: “Congress literally raised taxes on love. Happy valentine&rsqu...
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Written on January 26, 2022 in
USA
Yesterday, Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced its China competitiveness package, the “America COMPETES Act” (H.R.4251). The text is available here. House Democrats hope to pass the bill as soon as next week so they can enter conference negotiations with the Senate, which passed its bipartisan version of a competitive p...
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Written on December 10, 2021 in
USA
Washington (December 10, 2021)– The Coalition for GSP applauded the introduction of the “CNL Update Act,” bipartisan legislation to update the Generalized System of Preferences’ competitive need limitation (CNL) rules and provide additional guidance for the Administration as it conducts country- and product-specific reviews ...
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