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 | Oct 12, 2019 | Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Trade Policy
The United States has yet to sign a reciprocal trade agreement with an African country, with the exception of Morocco. Instead, US trade with the African continent, specifically 39 Sub-Saharan African countries, is promoted through the 2000 African Growth...
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 Sarita Jackson | Sep 21, 2018 | Mexico, NAFTA
The United States is required to release the text of the preliminary U.S.-Mexico trade deal by September 30th. The bilateral agreement comes at a time when trilateral talks between the United States, Canada, and Mexico hit difficulties in their effort to modernize...
by MEL | Feb 14, 2017 | Asia, RCEP, TPP
Since President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with 11 other countries, discussions about China-led efforts to promote Asian economic and trade integration via RCEP have come to the forefront. So what is...
