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 2008-06-12 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-907T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-907T P0b002ee1803756f6 f:d08907t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-907T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-907T GAO-08-907T Developing countries Economic analysis Economic development Economic growth Economic policies Exporting Financial management Foreign economic assistance Foreign trade agreements Importing International economic relations International trade International trade regulation International trade restriction Program evaluation Program management Tariffs Trade agreements Trade policies Trade regulation Program goals or objectives Caribbean Basin Initiative Generalized System of Preferences Program Testimony A82343 U.S. trade preference programs promote economic development in poorer nations by providing duty-free export opportunities in the United States. The Generalized System of Preferences, Caribbean Basin Initiative, Andean Trade Preference Act, and African Growth and Opportunity Act unilaterally reduce U.S. tariffs for many products from over 130 countries. However, two of these programs expire partially or in full this year, and Congress is exploring options as it considers renewal. This testimony describes the growth in preference program imports since 1992, identifies policy trade-offs concerning these programs, and evaluates the overall U.S. approach to preference programs. The testimony is based on two recent studies on trade preference programs, issued in September 2007 and March 2008. For those studies, GAO analyzed trade data, reviewed trade literature and program documents, interviewed U.S. officials, and did fieldwork in six trade preference beneficiary countries. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-907T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-907T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-907T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-907T.pdf GAO-08-907T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-907T Testimony GAO-08-907T; International Trade: The United States Needs an Integrated Approach to Trade Preference Programs; Developing countries Economic analysis Economic development Economic growth Economic policies Exporting Financial management Foreign economic assistance Foreign trade agreements Importing International economic relations International trade International trade regulation International trade restriction Program evaluation Program management Tariffs Trade agreements Trade policies Trade regulation Program goals or objectives Caribbean Basin Initiative Generalized System of Preferences Program