Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on Beneficiary Countries, Twentieth Report 2009-10[PDF}
Investigation No. 332-227
USITC Publication 4271
Summary
The overall effect of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) on the U.S. economy continues to be negligible, while the effect on U.S. consumers and beneficiary countries is small but positive, reports the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) in its most recent report monitoring imports under the program.
The USITC, an independent, nonpartisan, factfinding federal agency, recently issued its 20th report in a series monitoring imports under the CBERA. The CBERA program, operative since January 1, 1984, affords preferential tariff treatment to most products of 18 designated Caribbean and South American countries.
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Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints, Seventh Update [PDF]
Investigation No. 332-325
USITC Publication 4253
Summary
The U.S. International Trade Commission’s latest update in this series of reports presents results on the economic effects on the U.S. economy of removing significant U.S. import restraints, including U.S. tariffs and tariff-rate quotas, on certain agricultural products, textiles and apparel, and other manufactured products.
The seventh update also provides an overview of global supply chains and the economic forces behind them, including a description of U.S. involvement in these chains and a discussion of the effects that this phenomenon may have on the United States.
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Shifts in U.S. Merchandise Trade 2010
Investigation No. 332-345: USITC Publication 4245
Summary
Looking for trade data and analysis to help understand changes with key U.S. trade partners and in crucial U.S. industries? Look no further. The USITC's annual compendium Shifts in U.S. Merchandise Trade is now available.
Shifts in U.S. Merchandise Trade 2010 provides a comprehensive review of U.S. trade performance in 2010, focusing on changes in U.S. exports, imports, and trade balances of agricultural and manufacturing industries, key natural resources, as well as changes in U.S. trade with major partners and country groups. Also included are trade data for 2006-2010 for over 250 industry groups and subgroups.
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The Year in Trade 2010 [PDF]
USITC Publication 4247
Summary
An outstanding resource for anyone working in or covering the field of international trade, the USITC's The Year in Trade is one of the government's most comprehensive reports of U.S. trade-related activities, covering major multilateral, regional, and bilateral developments.
The publication reviews U.S. international trade laws and actions under these laws, activities of the World Trade Organization (WTO), U.S. free trade agreements and negotiations, and U.S. bilateral trade relations with major trading partners.
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