[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 242 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 78527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32042]


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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

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

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

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    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.) with the exception of the Dominican Republic, 
Honduras, and Panama, shall continue to be treated as eligible products 
for purposes of section 1-101 of Executive Order 12260 until September 
30, 2001. 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, 2001 will be based on beneficiaries' efforts to 
improve domestic procurement practices, on their support for relevant 
international initiatives, such as those 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, and on their progress toward acceding 
to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement.
    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, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, 
Saint Kitts-Nevis, British Virgin Islands.

Charlene Barshefsky,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 00-32042 Filed 12-14-00; 8:45 am]
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