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Congress Members Ask USTR For Partial India GSP Reinstatement

A group of 26 Democrats and 18 Republicans in the House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer asking that India be at least partially restored to Generalized System of Preferences eligiblity. The Sept. 17 letter,…

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led by Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., and Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan., said that they take the market access complaints seriously, but asked that if there is progress on any front, the administration consider partially restoring GSP in exchange for India resolving "some individual issues." The Congress members said that companies are being harmed by new tariffs due to the GSP termination.