Written on September 24, 2020 in
India
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...
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GSP 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...
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Written on September 11, 2020 in
USA
At yesterday’s House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing on Caribbean Basin preferences (i.e., CBTPA), several Members used the opportunity to support swift GSP renewal as well. CBTPA expires on September 30. In his opening statement, Ranking Member Vern Buchanan (R-FL) cited Coalition for GSP data, saying “Americans saved more th...
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