The renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is stuck in limbo in the Senate Finance Committee for now as leading Democrats don’t want to pass it without Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).
So what is comparative advantage? Comparative advantage occurs when the ratio of costs in one country differs from the ratio of costs in another.
China’s EV battery companies CATL and Gotion High Tech source materials from companies banned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) due to forced labor violations, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said on June 6.
If Trina does not get into the FTZ in Texas, they may cancel their September 2023 planned investment. Trina is building a factory in Mexico and can eventually ship solar here duty-free under the USMCA. At least, however, we would not be subsidizing them via the IRA.
