Finance Committee leaders have yet to address 'blue slip' issues for GSP, MTB renewal

Senate Finance Committee leaders have not yet begun discussions with their House counterparts on how to resolve a procedural issue with a proposed extension of the Generalized System of Preferences and a new Miscellaneous Tariff Bill, they told Inside U.S. Trade on Tuesday. The Senate last month overwhelmingly approved the “Trade Act of 2021,” -- proposed by Finance Committee ranking member Mike Crapo (R-ID) with the support of panel Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) -- to renew GSP and MTB, among...