ATPA Renewal : Background and Issues / M. Angeles Villarreal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Villarreal, M. Angeles, author.

Series:

CRS report for Congress ; RS22548.

CRS report for Congress ; RS22548

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tariff preferences--United States.

Tariff preferences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research Service, 2008.

Summary:

The The Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) extends special duty treatment to certain U.S. imports from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru that meet domestic content and other requirements. The purpose of ATPA is to promote economic growth in the Andean region and to encourage a shift away from dependence on illegal drugs by supporting legitimate economic activities. The ATPA (Title II of P.L. 102-182) was enacted on December 4, 1991. It was renewed and modified under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA; Title XXXI of P.L. 107-210) on August 6, 2002, extending trade preferences until December 31, 2006. Since that time, Congress has favored short-term extensions of ATPA. On October 16, 2008, the 110th Congress enacted legislation to extend ATPA trade preferences until December 31, 2009 for Colombia and Peru, and until June 30, 2009 for Bolivia and Ecuador (P.L. 110-436).

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