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President Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced on Wednesday that he will be removing Burkina Faso from AGOA trade program on January 1, 2023, following a

Even as Pakistan struggles to comply with existing EU conventions of GSP Plus status, the 27-member bloc plans to introduce five or six new conventions related to environment and social standards.

USTR’s advisory on Tai’s trip did not mention the tax credit, but listed three desired areas of cooperation that could be threatened by increased trade friction with the EU.

A group of journalists from Manila are here to take part in a reporting tour program organized by the Philippine embassy in Washington, DC to highlight the work that the embassy and posts are doing in accordance with our foreign policy pillars, and to elevate the economic profile of the Philippines.

The U.S. should quickly renew African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to advance economic freedom and prosperity in the U.S. and Africa.

Trade delivers a host of benefits for Americans, but what are the benefits for America’s small businesses? Here's how trade drives growth for many small businesses.

The Philippines committed to comply with the 27 international core conventions on human rights, labor, environment, and good governance as it sought to maintain its duty-free privilege for the country’s exports under the EU-Generalized System of Preferences+ (EU-GSP+). Trade and Industry Assistant

Congress should offer Americans a better budget than the President’s budget—one that addresses the key drivers of spending growth.

On December 31, 2017, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) expired. GSP is a program that eliminates tariffs on thousands of products from around the world. Congress, caught up in high-profile fights on health care and taxes, failed to pass routine reauthorization legislation. A lapse in GSP could cause serious harm to U.S. businesses that use products imported through GSP. Past lapses in the program have cost domestic companies as much as $1 billion in extra import taxes, resulting in de...

The continuing global economic slowdown is expected to displace a maximum of 10 percent of the 280,000 estimated total workers in the apparel, textile, garments, and leathergoods industry in the country. Marites Jocson Agoncillo, executive director of the Confederation of Wearable Exporters of the