United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-06-30 monographic deposited born digital 63 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-537 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-537 P0b002ee18039c04c f:d05537 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-537 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-537 GAO-05-537 Foreign trade agreements Foreign trade policies International economic relations International trade Policy evaluation Strategic planning Trade agreements Monitoring Other Written Product A28581

The vast majority of U.S. exports are covered by at least one trade agreement. Ensuring that U.S. companies can take advantage of the market opportunities created by trade agreements has therefore become a critical responsibility for U.S. government agencies. GAO examined U.S. government efforts to monitor and enforce trade agreements. Specifically, GAO (1) reviewed how the nature and scope of U.S. trade agreements has changed in the last 10 years and what effect changes had on agencies' monitoring and enforcement workload, (2) evaluated how U.S. government agencies monitor and enforce trade agreements, and (3) analyzed how the U.S. government allocates resources for monitoring and enforcement of trade agreements within the context of other trade activities. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-537/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-537.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-537/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-537.pdf GAO-05-537 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-537 Other Written Product GAO-05-537; International Trade: Further Improvements Needed to Handle Growing Workload for Monitoring and Enforcing Trade Agreements; Foreign trade agreements Foreign trade policies International economic relations International trade Policy evaluation Strategic planning Trade agreements Monitoring Title 619 Section 1872 619 U.S.C. 1872 Public Law 107-210