USTR Kirk Disappointed with Congress for Not Extending GSP, ATPA/ATPDEA, TAA
On February 14, 2011, U.S. Trade Representative Kirk released a statement on the recent expiration of certain trade programs. He said that he is disappointed that Congress has not acted to extend Trade Adjustment Assistant (TAA), the Andean Trade Preference…
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Act (ATPA) and Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). He added that the USTR encourages Congress to extend these three programs as soon as possible and to do so for substantially more than a few months. He is committed to working with Congress to secure reauthorization of these trade programs.