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 2007-09-27 monographic deposited born digital 80 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-1209 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1209 P0b002ee1803a1830 f:d071209 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1209 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1209 GAO-07-1209 Developing countries Economic development Economic growth Eligibility criteria Export regulation Exporting Foreign trade agreements Importing International trade International trade restriction Program evaluation Program management Tariffs Trade agreements Trade policies Trade regulation Program goals or objectives Program implementation Caribbean Basin Initiative Generalized System of Preferences Program Other Written Product A77748 Goods imported into the United States under trade preference programs, which extend unilateral tariff reductions to over 130 developing countries to assist their economies, totaled approximately $92 billion in 2006. The United States offers four primary trade preference programs--the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), and the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Some economists and others have raised concerns about the programs; for example, because the beneficiaries may lose interest in reciprocal multilateral or bilateral trade liberalization. In addition, the global trade context in which the programs operate is changing. Most U.S. trade preference programs will need to be renewed over the next several years. As a result, Congress needs to reexamine the programs and explore options for improvement. To provide information for such a reexamination, at your request we (1) identified and compared key features of U.S. preference programs, (2) analyzed use of U.S. preference programs by beneficiaries, and (3) examined U.S. agency administrative reviews of preference programs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1209/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1209.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1209/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1209.pdf GAO-07-1209 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1209 Other Written Product GAO-07-1209; International Trade: An Overview of Use of U.S. Trade Preference Programs by Beneficiaries and U.S. Administrative Reviews; Developing countries Economic development Economic growth Eligibility criteria Export regulation Exporting Foreign trade agreements Importing International trade International trade restriction Program evaluation Program management Tariffs Trade agreements Trade policies Trade regulation Program goals or objectives Program implementation Caribbean Basin Initiative Generalized System of Preferences Program Public Law 109-432