Publication Number: 3717

Report Title:  U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement: Potential Economywide and Selected Sectoral Effects

Investigation Number: 2104-013

Author's name(s): James Stamps, Edward Balistreri, Gerry Benedick, Alan Fox, Kyle Johnson, Marinos Tsigas, Edward Wilson

Date Published: August 2004

Report Description/Introductory Text: USITC economic assessment of the U.S. free trade agreement with Central America and the Dominican Republic, CAFTA. The USITC report on CAFTA assesses economic effects of the U.S. FTA with Central America and the Dominican Republic on the U.S. economy and on specific U.S. economic sectors. The report on the U.S. free trade agreement with Central America and the Dominican Republic assesses CAFTA provisions in market access; trade facilitation including customs administration, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary regulations, electronic commerce, and transparency; investment; and the regulatory environment including safeguards and trade remedies, government procurement, the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, labor, and the environment. The USITC economic assessment of the U.S. free trade agreement with Central America and the Dominican Republic employs a global CGE model for a quantitative assessment of the impact of the CAFTA market access provisions. Other economic effects of the U.S. FTA with Central America and the Dominican Republic were assessed using qualitative analysis.

Topics Covered: Central America free trade economic assessment, Central America economic effect, Central America free trade agreement, Central America FTA, Central America market access, Central America free trade, CAFTA

Countries: United States, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

HTS Numbers: chapters 50-65, chapters 17-19, chapter 21, 1001-1006

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