EXPANDING MARKETS FOR AMERICA’S FARMERS AND RANCHERSTrade Promotion Agreement • October 3rd, 2011
$450 million of agricultural products to Panama, more than double U.S. agricultural exports to Panama in 2005. Top U.S. exports were corn, soybean cake and meal, wheat, rice, and horticultural products.
UNITED STATES-PERU TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENTTrade Promotion Agreement • October 24th, 2012
SUMMARY: This document adopts as a final rule, with one change, interim amendments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations which were published in the Federal Register on November 3, 2011, as CBP Dec. 11–22, to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.
BENEFITS OF THE U.S.-PANAMA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENTTrade Promotion Agreement • October 3rd, 2011
Panama is one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America, expanding 7.5 percent in 2010, with similar annual growth forecast through 2015. This comprehensive Agreement will eliminate tariffs and other barriers to U.S. exports, promote economic growth, and expand trade between our two countries.
United States – Panama Trade Promotion AgreementTrade Promotion Agreement • April 30th, 2008
Objectives The objectives of this Agreement, as elaborated more specifically through its principles and rules, including national treatment, most-favored-nation treatment, and transparency, are to: (a) encourage expansion and diversification of trade between the Parties; (b) eliminate barriers to trade in, and facilitate the cross-border movement of, goods and services between the territories of the Parties; (c) promote conditions of fair competition in the free trade area; (d) substantially increase investment opportunities in the territories of the Parties; (e) provide adequate and effective protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in each Party’s territory; (f) create effective procedures for the implementation and application of this Agreement, for its joint administration, and for the resolution of disputes; and (g) establish a framework for further bilateral, regional, and multilateral cooperation to expand and enhance the benefits of this Agreement. Signator
UNITED STATES – PANAMA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENTTrade Promotion Agreement • June 29th, 2007
UNITED STATES-COLOMBIA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSESTrade Promotion Agreement • May 16th, 2012
BENEFITS OF THE U.S.-PANAMA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENTTrade Promotion Agreement • June 28th, 2011
Panama is one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America. This comprehensive Agreement will eliminate tariffs and other barriers to U.S. exports, promote economic growth, and expand trade between our two countries. The Agreement guarantees access to Panama’s $20.6 billion services market, including in priority areas such as financial, telecommunications, energy, and professional services. Panama’s strategic location as a major shipping route also enhances the importance of the Agreement.
September 2009Trade Promotion Agreement • September 30th, 2009
On April 12, 2006, the United States and Peru signed the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). The PTPA achieves two key objectives: it makes agricultural trade more of a two-way street, and it levels the playing field with U.S. competitors in the Peruvian market.
