As we noted in a Counsel’s Report ALERT dated July 18, we have submitted a formal statement to the House Ways and Means Committee expressing the Association’s strong support for the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (Peru TPA). As we also noted in that ALERT, the House and Senate may vote on the implementing legislation for the Peru TPA prior to its August recess.
Whether the Congressional votes occur before the August recess or sometime after, it is in the Association’s interest to lend its public voice for approval of this agreement. This is particularly true – indeed, compelling – for those Members that currently enjoy duty-free status for their imports from Peru since it is at uncertain whether there will be an extension or renewal of the Andean Trade Preferences Act, currently scheduled to expire as of January 1, 2007.
Attached to this ALERT is a draft “political action letter.” Members are urged to transmit the letter by email or fax under your company’s letterhead to your Representative and Senators. A mailing list for Representatives in New Jersey, the metropolitan NYC area, Connecticut and Massachusetts is also attached. If you do not know who your Congressman is, or your company is outside the geographic areas noted, please contact Jeff Levin by email at jsl@saslaw.com, and I will provide the necessary information to you directly.
We will continue to keep Members advised.
