Based on an analysis of national and state import data, The Trade Partnership created state-specific reports on the financial impacts of continued expiration of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) … Continue reading State-by-State Impacts of GSP (2015) →

Laura Baughman, President of The Trade Partnership, provides a detailed analysis of the U.S. preference program and offers recommendations to EU policy makers as they consider how implementing the Treaty … Continue reading U.S. Trade Preference Programs: Lessons from Europe from the U.S. Struggle to Get It Right (2010) →

The Trade Partnership examined sector-specific export growth to China for each of the 435 U.S. congressional districts for the US-China Business Council‘s annual report.

This report details the history of the program, how it runs on a day-to-day basis, the major users of the program and the products that benefit from it the most. … Continue reading The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences Program: An Integral Part of the U.S. Economy (1997; updated in 2010) →

This paper compares preference programs offered by major developed countries. It highlights the complex rules that limit developing country usage and offers U.S. policymakers suggestions for changes that would improve … Continue reading Unilateral Preferential Trade Programs Offered by the United States, the European Union, and Canada: A Comparison (2008) →

This study examines the impacts of GSP from the U.S. perspective. It finds that while GSP is an important tool to promote economic development in poor countries, it also improves … Continue reading Estimated Impacts of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences to U.S. Industry and Consumers (2006) →

The Trade Partnership prepared this reference book in conjunction with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to inform companies and countries interested in sourcing goods from sub-Saharan Africa about … Continue reading African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation Guide (2000) →