We’ve heard from multiple companies over the last week about impacts to date from GSP expiration. Responses show not only the costs of delay for American jobs and workers – but how allowing GSP to expire undermines other U.S. trade policies/priorities. Here are some of the comments on: Worker impacts from a small business that...
Continue readingCongress allowed the GSP program to expire on December 31. With tariff savings of nearly $3 million per day, GSP expiration likely has cost American companies over $70 million in new taxes. We recently spoke with Patrice Gerber, Founder/CEO of small business Kouboo LLC in Laguna Beach, California – one of those hurt by GSP...
Continue readingIn the last month before GSP expired on December 31, it saved American companies $79 million on about $1.8 billion in imports. GSP imports were up by 17 percent – and tariffs savings were up by 29 percent – compared to December 2016. Total 2017 savings from GSP increased at least $136 million over 2016....
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