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Seasonal Fruit and Vegetable Competition in U.S.-Mexico Trade
Congressional Research Service · 2023-02-22 · Resources · 1,430 words · PDF available
As part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiation, the United States attempted to resolve ongoing trade imbalances with Mexico for seasonal and perishable fruits and vegetables ...
Caribbean Trade Preference Programs
Congressional Research Service · 2023-02-22 · Reports · 6,370 words · PDF available
For decades, the Caribbean Basin has been the beneficiary of numerous U.S. trade preference programs that provide temporary, nonreciprocal, duty-free U.S. market access to select imports from eligible...
Russia’s War on Ukraine: Financial and Trade Sanctions
Congressional Research Service · 2023-02-22 · Resources · 1,528 words · PDF available
In February 2022, Russia launched a new, expanded war on Ukraine. The United States and allies responded with wide-ranging sanctions on Russia that are unprecedented in terms of their comprehensivenes...
Payment for Order Flow: The SEC Proposes Reforms
Congressional Research Service · 2023-02-22 · Resources · 1,629 words · PDF available
The past few years saw an unprecedented surge in retail investor securities trading at major discount broker-dealers such as Robinhood, Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, and E*Trade. Among the driving fa...
The Small Business Administration's COVID-19 Relief Programs
Congressional Research Service · 2023-02-22 · Infographics · 537 words · PDF available
/ The Small Business Administration’s COVID-19 Relief Programs To help small businesses respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Congress authorized several new relief programs to ...