Gutierrez Unveils Colombia Tariff Ticker during Press Conference with Congressional Leadership at the Capitol

Washington (April 24)—At a press conference in the United States Capitol, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez, flanked by House and Senate leaders unveiled the “Colombia Tariff Ticker,” which calculates the dollar value U.S. exports have faced in Colombian tariffs since the signing of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. “The tariffs imposed on American exporters tick upward—roughly $22 dollars per second, almost $2 million dollars per day and nearly $1 billion dollars in the past 520 days,” said Gutierrez. (Press Release) (Transcript)