FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS: Negotiators Move Toward Agreement That Will Have Benefits, Costs to US Economy

Abstract

This report responds to your request that we review the negotiations toward a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement. Specifically, it addresses (1) the progress made to date and the issues that remain on topics relating to negotiating greater market opening among FTAA countries, (2) the progress made and the issues that remain in developing other rules and institutional provisions for an eventual FTAA agreement, (3) the significant crosscutting themes affecting the FTAA negotiations and how have they been addressed to date, and (4) the potential effects of a completed FTAA on U.S. trade and investment with other Western Hemisphere countries.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA394579

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Costa Rica
  • Economic Development
  • El Salvador
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Money
  • Organizational Structure
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.