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- India-U.S. Economic Relations
- This report discusses the India economic development and its trade relations with the United States
- Free Trade Agreements with Singapore and Chile: Labor Issues
- This report discusses the United States free trade agreements with Singapore and Chile that include labor provisions.
- Federal Advertising Law: An Overview
- This report provides a brief overview of federal law with respect to five selected advertising issues: alcohol advertising, tobacco advertising, the Federal Trade Commission Act, advertising by mail, and advertising by telephone. There are numerous federal statues regulating advertising that do not fit within any of these categories; as random examples, the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires disclosures in advertisements for prescription drugs; the Truth in Lending Act governs the advertising of consumer credit; and a federal criminal statute makes it illegal falsely yo convey in an advertisement that a business is connected with a federal agency.
- Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy
- The report is about the Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy. The economic impact of FTAs and Relevant Legislation. United States has proposed to engage in negotiations to establish bilateral and free trade agreements with a number of trading partners.
- Generalized System of Preferences: Background and Renewal Debate
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- Foreign Investment Issues in the WTO
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- China-U.S. Trade Issues
- This report includes information regarding United States trade with China, as well as major issues and legislation regarding this trade.
- Mercosur: Formation, Status, Trade Effects, Policy Challenges, and U.S. Interests
- This report examines Mercosur, the third largest preferential trading group in the world. Since its inception in 1991, Mercosur has made considerable progress in integrating the economies of its members. The integration --- an almost complete free trade area and a partial customs union --- has been accompanied by a significant increase in U.S. exports and investment to the region. In the future, Mercosur face challenges affecting the size of its membership, the depth of its integration, and the strength of its institutions.
- Health and Safety Concerns Over U.S. Imports of Chinese Products: An Overview. August 2007
- This report provides an overview of this issue and implications for U.S.-China trade relations.
- European Union’s Arms Embargo on China: Implications and Options for U.S. Policy
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- Brazil’s WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program
- The so-called "Brazil cotton case" is a long-running World Trade Organization dispute settlement case initiated by Brazil - a major cotton export competitor - in 2002 against specific provisions of the U.S. cotton program. This report details the overview of the case, background on the U.S. cotton sector, Brazil's dispute settlement case against the U.S. cotton program, panel and appellate body recommendations, implementation of those recommendations, World Trade Organization compliance panel review and ruling, and more related to the case.
- Agricultural Biotechnology: Background and Recent Issues
- This report discusses the ethical and political issues surrounding contemporary biotechnology. Driving the discussion are inventions such as genetically engineered (GE) crops, which have increased from 3.6 million acres to 143 million acres in the United States. The report also raises concerns about regulations and the adequacy of environmental assessments.
- China-U.S. Trade Issues
- This report discusses The United States' trade relations with China, including information about trade issues and trade legislation
- Agricultural Biotechnology: The U.S.-EU Dispute
- This report focuses on a conflict between the European Union (EU) and the United States, Canada, and Argentina. The United States suggests that the European Union's moratorium costs the U.S. 300 million dollars in exports to the EU annually. Moreover, the report highlights other concerns the U.S. has with the EU's biotechnology policies.
- Brazil’s WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program: A Brief Overview
- On December 18, 2007, a World Trade Organization compliance panel publically released its final report concerning U.S. compliance with a negative ruling in a dispute settlement case brought by Brazil against certain aspects of the U.S. cotton program. The panel's ruling confirmed an earlier interim ruling that the United States has not fully complied with a March 2005 World Trade Organization ruling against certain U.S. cotton support programs. This report provides a brief overview of Brazil's case against the U.S. cotton program, the evolution and current status of the case, and the potential role for Congress.
- Globalization, Worker Insecurity, and Policy Approaches
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- The Canadian Hog Trade Dispute
- United States and Canada's hog industry, noting how live Canadian hogs do not affect the U.S hog business.
- Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs
- This report discusses the recent development in different programs administered by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the goal to promote agricultural exports and to provide food aid. These programs include direct export subsidies, export market development, export credit guarantees, and foreign food aid.
- Dispute Settlement Under the Proposed U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: An Overview
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- Agriculture and Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority
- This report considers the issue of new "fast track" or trade promotion authority (APA) legislation in the 107th Congress. Moreover, the report summarizes the agricultural debates on the issue.
- European Union’s Arms Embargo on China: Implications and Options for U.S. Policy
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- China’s Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy
- This report mainly provides information about the Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy on China’s Currency. Lower priced goods from China may hurt the U.S.
- Agriculture in the Next Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
- This report discusses the objective of agricultural negotiations in the World Trade Organizations (WTO) in 2001 to create trade reform. The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) established a new set of rules for the conduct of agricultural trade that the report also considers.
- Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
- This report discusses Central Asia's regional developments and gives an overview of U.S policy concerns.
- The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)
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- East Asian Regional Architecture: New Economic and Security Arrangements and U.S. Policy
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- Agricultural Trade Issues in the 108th Congress
- This report considers the value of U.S. agricultural exports. According to the report, these exports make up the equivalent of one fourth of the gross income of U.S. farmers. Moreover, the report lists a series of trade policies that the future of agriculture depends on.
- Proposed Import Restrictions on Milk Protein Concentrates (MPCs)
- Low farm milk prices and declining dairy sector income in 2009 have renewed congressional interest in imposing new import barriers on milk protein concentrates (MPCs), which generally include casein, the main protein found in milk, and caseinates, a soluble form of casein. This report examines proposed import restrictions and potential trade policy implications.
- Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues
- This report includes information regarding United States relations and bilateral issues with Jordan. The war on terrorism, Jordan's role in peace negotiations, and trade issues are among topics discussed in this report.
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (CJS): Trade-Related Agencies
- This report tracks and describes actions taken by the Administration and Congress to provide FY2016 appropriations for the International Trade Administration(ITA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), and the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
- Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs
- This report discusses the recent development in different programs administered by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the goal to promote agricultural exports and to provide food aid. These programs include direct export subsidies, export market development, export credit guarantees, and foreign food aid.
- Federal Advertising Law: An Overview
- This report provides a brief overview of federal law with respect to six selected advertising issues: alcohol advertising, tobacco advertising, the federal trade commission act, advertising by mail, advertising by telephone, and commercial e-mail.
- Overview of Labor Enforcement Issues in Free Trade Agreements
- This report identifies two types of enforcement issues: (1) those that relate to the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) provisions themselves, including their definitions and their enforceability, and (2) those that relate to executive branch responsibilities, such as resource availability and determining dispute settlement case priorities.
- Monopoly and Monopolization — Fundamental But Separate Concepts in U.S. Antitrust Law
- This report will attempt to illustrate the difference between the concepts of "monopoly" and "monopolization" by touching on the monopoly/monopolization thinking in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as illustrated in (1) statements on merger enforcement made by recent antitrust enforcement officials, (2) the 1992 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and (3) some observations on the Government actions against the Microsoft and Intel Corporations.
- Agriculture in U.S. Free Trade Agreements: Trade with Current and Prospective Partners, Impact, and Issues
- This report discusses the trade in agricultural products, which is one of the difficult issues negotiators face in concluding free trade agreements (FTAs). The report also deals with food safety and animal/plant health matters.
- Country Applicability of the U.S. Normal Trade Relations (Most-Favored-Nation) Status
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- Geographical Indications in U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations
- This report covers Geographical indications (GIs) which are geographical names that act to protect the quality and reputation of a distinctive product originating in a certain region. The term is most often, although not exclusively, applied to wines, spirits, and agricultural products. In the United States, many food manufacturers view the use of such common or traditional names as generic terms, and view the EU's protection of its registered GIs as a way to monopolize the use of certain wine and food terms, and as a form of trade protectionism. The protection of GIs is provided for in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which was signed in April 1994.
- Agriculture and Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority
- This report considers the issue of new "fast track" or trade promotion authority (APA) legislation in the 107th Congress. Moreover, the report summarizes the agricultural debates on the issue.
- Agricultural Exports and the 2007 Farm Bill
- This report assesses 2007 farm bill trade title provisions for U.S. agricultural export programs. Moreover, the report considers the modifications made to both the Senate and House of Representatives version of the bill to meet World Trade Organization (WTO) regulations.
- Cyprus: Reunification Proving Elusive
- This report provides a brief overview of the early history of the negotiations, a more detailed review of the negotiations since 2008, and a description of some of the issues involved in the talks.
- Haitian Textile Industry: Impact of Proposed Trade Assistance
- This report defines the term textile industry as including apparel manufacture/assembly. Moreover, such a definition is essential in the present context inasmuch as apparel making constitutes nearly all "textile" manufacturing in Haiti.
- Changing Causes of the U.S. Trade Deficit
- This documents notes the United States trade deficit and money of household saving, business saving, and private sector saving.
- Caribbean Region: Issues in U.S. Relations
- This report gives an overview of the U.S - Caribbean relations and discusses some of its issues.
- Fast-Track Trade Negotiating Authority: A Comparison of 105th Congress Legislative Proposals
- This report provides a side-by-side comparison of the reported versions of H.R.2621 and S. 1269, 105th Congress bills that would provide the President with trade negotiating authority and accord certain resulting agreements and implementing bills expedited legislative consideration.
- Combating Terrorism: 2001 Congressional Debate on Emergency Supplemental Allocations
- This report contains the 2001 Congressional debate on emergency supplemental allocations in combating terrorism, after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
- Agriculture in the U.S.-Dominican RepublicCentral American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
- This report considers the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). Specifically, the report explores sugar imports, phasing out tariffs and quotas, and how the U.S. can protect the market from an overflow of imported products.
- CFTC Reauthorization in 2005
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- Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: An Overview
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- Agriculture and Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority
- This report considers the issue of new "fast track" or trade promotion authority (APA) legislation in the 107th Congress. Moreover, the report summarizes the agricultural debates on the issue.
- Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy
- The report is about the Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy. The economic impact of FTAs and Relevant Legislation. United States has proposed to engage in negotiations to establish bilateral and free trade agreements with a number of trading partners.