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Reports Requested by the President or Congress

• THE YEAR IN TRADE: OPERATION OF THE TRADE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM DURING 1998
  One of the government's most comprehensive reviews of U.S. trade-related activities, covering major multilateral, regional, and bilaterial developments. Among other things, this year's report covers significant activities in the WTO, including its dispute settlement mechanism, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; bilateral trade issues with major U.S. trading partners, such as those with the European Union on the recent banana dispute; with Canada on magazines; with Japan on autos and deregulation; with Mexico on sweeteners and meat; with China on WTO accession and intellectual property protection; with Taiwan on WTO accession; and with Korea on automobiles and taxes on distilled spirits; and, major U.S. trade sanctions activities involving Cuba, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Iran, Iraq, and Libya.
  (Publication 3192; May 1999)
  Full report (1,105,000 bytes)
  
  
• COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN MARKING: LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND PRACTICES
  Investigation 332-366: This report covers the laws, regulations, and practices applicable to country-of-origin markings on U.S. imports, exports, and domestic products. The report focuses on the following industries: automobiles, light trucks, and automotive parts; electronics; footwear; frozen vegetables; hand tools; pharmaceuticals; steel; and textiles and apparel. It also examines the costs incurred by government and industry related to enforcement and compliance, and the benefits of these rules to consumers.
  (Publication 2975; July 1996)
  Download: Full report in WordPerfect 6.1 format (1,365,928 bytes)

Industry and Trade Summaries

• INDUSTRY AND TRADE SUMMARY: FORKLIFT TRUCKS, SIMILAR VEHICLES, AND PARTS THEREOF
  Products covered include self-propelled trucks with lifting or handling equipment and trucks used in factories, warehouses, dock areas, or airports for short-distance transport of goods. Also covered are tractors used on railway platforms.
  (Publication 2954; April 1996)
  Download: Full report in Adobe PDF format (340,434 bytes)

STAFF-GENERATED MATERIALS

International Economic Review (Journal)

• INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
  International Trade Developments: Mexican Trucks Gain Access to U.S. Highways; The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership; A WTO Agreement on Competition Policy: Prospects and Pitfalls; U.S. Trade Developments; International Economic Comparisons; U.S. Productivity and Cost: Preliminary Fourth-Quarter and Annual Averages for 2001
  (Publication 3506; March/April 2002)
  Full report [ PDF ] (1,591,290 bytes)
  
  
• INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
  Six More Countries to Start Enlargement Negotiations with the European Union; United States Eases Sanctions on North Korea; Delayed Implementation of NAFTA Provision to Open U.S. Roads to Mexican Trucks; China Reaches a WTO Agreement with the United States (Publication 3276; February/March 2000)
  Full report (93,000 bytes)
  

• INDUSTRY TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
  Articles: Apparel: Andean countries seek parity with Caribbean Basin countries to remain competitive in the U.S. market; Chemical trade by the Central European countries: Difficulties of sector transition; Commercialization of hybrid automobiles: Prospective demand for light metals.
  (Publication 3413; March 2001)
  Full report: [ PDF ] (1,182,814 bytes)
  

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