Last week, the House passed GSP renewal legislation by a vote of 400-2. Though Senate procedural rules make a stand-alone vote in the Senate unlikely, the expected result would be similar. (The last Senate vote was 97-1.) Despite overwhelming support in the House and Senate – and Administration support for a 3-year renewal – American...
Continue readingToday we heard from Fast-Pak Trading, one of the nearly 400 GSP supporter list organizations advocating for swift, retroactive GSP renewal. (Use these links to see the full list or add your organization.) Based in Secaucus, New Jersey, Fast-Pak has 11 employees and imports food products from Macedonia under GSP. Its products are sold in...
Continue readingEvery day this week we’ve been spotlighting 3 companies around the country benefiting from GSP renewal. (Here are the posts from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday). Below are three more companies able to new and better American jobs because of GSP renewal: Thompson Traders in Greensboro, North Carolina: GSP expiration cost Thompson Traders...
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