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Senate Passes One Year Extension of GSP and ATPA (President Expected to Sign)
December 23, 2009

On December 22, 2009, the Senate passed H.R. 4284, a bill to extend the Generalized System of Preferences and Trade Preference Act/Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPA/ATPDEA) through December 31, 2010, clearing the measure for the President.

The House passed H.R. 4284 on December 14, 2009. H.R. 4284 will now go to the President for his signature. The Obama Administration has already voiced support for a GSP/ATPA extension.