American Action Forum Complains Dems Using GSP/MTB as Bargaining Chips
The American Action Forum said it is disappointed that the Democrats are using the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program and the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill as bargaining chips to get Trade Adjustment Assistance restored. The lobbying group called TAA controversial,…
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and wrote, "In short, members trade new free trade agreements and new markets for this contested aid program, not common-sense tariff elimination." The AAF said it seems unlikely that the "grand bargain" sought by Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, that would wrap all four of those issues and antidumping reform into one package, can get on the omnibus, which could be passed next week. "It’s time for Congress to stop holding GSP and MTB hostage to its usual bartering and allow these programs to get back to saving Americans money," the group wrote Dec. 13.