[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30703]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Renewal of Treatment on Government Procurement of Products from 
Countries Designated under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act

    Under the authority delegated to me by the President in section 1-
201 of Executive Order 12260 of December 31, 1980, I hereby direct that 
products of countries, listed below, designated by the President as 
beneficiaries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 
U.S.C. 2701, et. seq.), shall continue to be treated as eligible 
products for purposes of section 1-101 of Executive Order 12260 until 
September 30, 1999. Additionally, products of Panama shall continue to 
be treated as eligible products for purposes of section 1-101 of 
Executive Order 12260 until September 30, 2000. Such treatment shall 
not apply to products originating in these countries that are excluded 
from duty free treatment under 19 U.S.C. 2703(b). Decisions on the 
subsequent renewal of this treatment beyond September 30, 1999, and 
September 30, 2000 for Panama, will be based on beneficiaries' efforts 
to improve domestic procurement practices, their support for relevant 
international initiatives, including in the World Trade Organization 
(WTO) Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement, and the 
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Negotiating Group on Government 
Procurement, including support for an FTAA Agreement on Transparency as 
an element of business facilitation, and on progress toward accession 
to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement.
Charlene Barshefsky,
United States Trade Representative.

    List of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries for Purpose 
of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA):
    Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa 
Rica, Dominica, the Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Grenada, 
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles, 
Nicaragua, Panama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad 
and Tobago, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts-Nevis, 
British Virgin Islands.
[FR Doc. 98-30703 Filed 11-16-98; 8:45 am]
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