by Sarita Jackson | Dec 30, 2020 | Generalized System of Preferences, U.S. Trade Policy, Updates
Overview of the GSP The U.S. General System of Preferences is a program that provides duty-free tariff treatment on over 3,500 products that are imported from beneficiary countries that are underdeveloped. The GSP helps progress in third world countries by encouraging...
by Sarita Jackson | May 15, 2020 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA
Over the last few months, digital trade, although nothing new, has become even more important in supporting crucial services during the coronavirus health pandemic. For instance, digital technology became helpful in quickly sharing information about the virus and to...
by Sarita Jackson | Jul 19, 2019 | Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA
Listen to this same blog post on our podcast at https://soundcloud.com/griit/what-you-need-to-know-about-labor-requirements-and-ftas Trade deals may now begin to include a labor value content (LVC) rule. Well, at least one trade deal includes the LVC rule. That is the...
by Sarita Jackson | Nov 16, 2018 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA
We still have a way to go regarding the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), as I have shared with business owners and executives throughout Southern California. As a result, North American trade is still operating under the original North American Free Trade Agreement...
by Sarita Jackson | Nov 3, 2018 | Asia, Philippines, Trade Agreements, U.S. Trade Policy, Updates
There have been talks about U.S. interest in trade talks with the Philippines starting this month. (News reports indicated that the United States and the Philippines were going to enter into trade talks in September.) We will see what happens this month. However,...
by MEL | Oct 31, 2016 | Updates
Despite the fact that the United States has signed and implemented free trade agreements with 20 countries around the world, less than one percent of all 30 million U.S. businesses take advantage of these trade deals. Some business owners have expressed to me that...
