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FACT SHEETS

• Expanding Economic Opportunities Through Free and Fair Trade, The White House, May 23, 2008
• Just the Facts: Ensuring a Vote on the U.S. - Colombia Free Trade Agreement, The White House, April 9, 2008
• President Bush Signs Letter to Send the United States-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementing Legislation to Congress, The White House, April 7, 2008
• U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Essential To Our National Security, The White House, March 12, 2008
• Free Trade Agreements Vital to U.S. Economic Growth and National Security, The White House, February 26, 2008
• 2008 State of the Union Policy Initiative: Opening New Markets and Expanding Opportunities Through Free Trade, The White House, January 28, 2008
• United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, The White House, December 14, 2007
• Free Trade Agreements and the Environment, Bureau of Public Affairs/U.S. Department of State, November 20, 2007
• U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, April 30, 2007
• Trade Promotion Authority Delivers Jobs, Growth Prosperity and Security at Home, Office of the United States Trade Representative, January 31, 2007
• Eight Misunderstandings About U.S. Investment Agreements and Trade, Office of the United States Trade Representative, November 1, 2006
• Doha Development Agenda (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, July 24, 2006
• Trade Delivers Growth, Jobs, Prosperity and Security at Home (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, July 13, 2006
• The Benefits of Trade for Developing Countries (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, June 6, 2006
• The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): Promoting Export Opportunities with Rules that Work for States (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, May 25, 2006
• WTO Doha Development Agenda: The U.S. Proposal on Agriculture (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, April 26, 2006
• NAFTA: A Strong Record of Success (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, March 22, 2006
• APEC 2005, The White House, November 19, 2005
• Expanding Markets to Promote Development and Growth (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, October 18, 2005
• U.S. Proposal for Bold Reform in Global Agriculture Trade (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, October 13, 2005
• United States Leads the World to Liberalize Trade Through the DOHA Round (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, September 14, 2005
• Trade, Group of Eight, Gleneagles, Scotland, July 8, 2005
• Summary of EU Subsidies in U.S. WTO Case (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, May 31, 2005
• Expanding Trade, Fighting Corruption, The White House, November 21, 2004
• Dispelling Myths about U.S. Support to Cotton Farmers: U.S. Programs Have Not Caused Low Cotton Prices and Hurt Foreign Growers (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, September 8, 2004
• U.S.-EU Summit: Continuing Our Cooperation to Expand Transatlantic Trade, The White House, June 26, 2004
• U.S.-EU Summit: Strengthening the Transatlantic Economic Partnership, The White House, June 26, 2004
• CAFTA - Agriculture: General Overview (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, February 6, 2004
• CAFTA - Agriculture: Product Specific (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, February 6, 2004
• Free Trade With Central America - Summary of the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, December 17, 2003
• NAFTA At Ten: A Success Story (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, December 2003
• The Presidential Determination on Steel, The White House, December 4, 2003
• Trade Facts: FTAA - The Opportunity for a Hemispheric Marketplace, Office of the United States Trade Representative, November 2003
• Free Trade in Services - Opening Dynamic New Markets, Supporting Good Jobs (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., March 31, 2003


• Summary of U.S. Proposal for Trade Reform, Public Affairs Section/United States Embassy, Vienna, Austria, February 2003 (German translation - pdf)

SPEECHES, REPORTS and DOCUMENTS

• President Bush Discusses World Trade Week, The White House, May 23, 2008
• President Bush Discusses Colombia Free Trade Agreement, The White House, April 7, 2008
• Press Briefing by Tony Fratto and United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab, The White House, April 7, 2008
• 2008 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE), Office of the United States Trade Representative, March 28, 2008
• President Bush Visits Jacksonville, Florida, Discusses Trade Policy, Jacksonville Port Authority, Inc., Blount Island Marine Terminal, Jacksonville, Florida, March 18, 2008
• President Bush Meets with U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Discusses Trade, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C., March 12, 2008
• Press Briefing by Ambassador John Veroneau, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Dan Fisk, Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs for the National Security Council, and Chris Padilla, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, The White House, March 12, 2008
• Economic Report of the President 2008 (pdf), The White House, February 2008
• Statement on EC-Biotech Dispute, Office of the United States Trade Representative, January 14, 2008
• President Bush and President Garcia of Peru Sign H.R. 3688, The White House, December 14, 2007
• President Bush Pleased with Senate Passage of Free Trade Agreement, The White House, December 4, 2007
• Senate Passage of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice, December 4, 2007
• President Bush Pleased by Approval of Free Trade Agreement with Peru, The White House, November 8, 2007
• House of Representatives Passage of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice, November 8, 2007
• Secretary Paulson Statement on Peru Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Department of the Treasury, November 8, 2007
• President Bush Discusses Free Trade Agreements, Radisson Miami Hotel, Miami, Florida, October 12, 2007
• The Year in Trade 2006 - Operation of the Trade Agreements Program (pdf), United States International Trade Commission, July 2007
• U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Announce Favorable Ruling in WTO Case on Agricultural Biotechnology, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, September 9, 2006
• Remarks Prepared for Delivery by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson At Columbia University, August 1, 2006
• Press Briefing on the Trade Policy Review of the United States (pdf), with Ambassador Peter Allgeier, U.S. Trade Representative to the World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, March 24, 2006
• Trade Policy Review: United States, World Trade Organization, March 22, 2006
• United States and European Union Sign Enlargement Compensation Agreement, Press release, Office of the United States Trade Representative, March 22, 2006
• United States and European Community Reach Agreement on Trade in Wine, Press release, Office of the United States Trade Representative, March 10, 2006
• Report to the Congress on the Extension of Trade Promotion Authority (pdf), Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, March 30, 2005
• 2005 Trade Policy Agenda and 2004 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program (pdf), Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, March 1, 2005
• 2004 Report to Congress on China's WTO Compliance (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, December 13, 2004
• Free Trade by Any Means: How the Global Free Trade Alliance Enhances America's Overall Trading Strategy (pdf), Heritage Backgrounder, Heritage Foundation, August 10, 2004
• Doha Work Programme - Draft General Council Decision of 31 July 2004 (pdf), World Trade Organization, July 31, 2004
• Roadmap for U.S.-EU Regulatory Cooperation and Transparency (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, June, 2004
• Text of U.S.-EU Declaration on Strengthening Our Economic Partnership, Dromoland Castle, Shannon, Ireland, June 26, 2004
• World Trade Organization: U.S. Companies' Views on China's Implementation of Its Commitments (pdf), Government Accountability Office, March 2004
• NAFTA: A Decade of Strenghtening a Dymanic Relationship (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, October 2003
• Achieving Trade Liberalization: Why the U.S. Should Challenge the EU at Cancun (pdf), Heritage Backgrounder, by Sara J. Fitzgerald and Nile Gardiner, The Heritage Foundation, September 8, 2003
• The Impact of Trade Agreements, Office of the United States Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., August 2003


• Farm Bill 2002, web page compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
• 2001 Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs/U.S. Department of State, February 2002

CRS REPORTS

• The Future Role of U.S. Trade Policy: An Overview (pdf), updated July 14, 2008
• International Trade: Rules of Origin (pdf), June 10, 2008
• U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Rising Oil Prices (pdf), updated June 10, 2008
• U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts (pdf), updated May 30, 2008
• Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit (pdf), updated April 22, 2008
• U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: Trends and Current Issues (pdf), updated April 18, 2008
• China-U.S. Trade Issues (pdf), updated March 7, 2008
• European Union–U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues (pdf), February 14, 2008
• Trade Agreements: Impact on the U.S. Economy (pdf), updated February 6, 2008
• The U.S. Trade Deficit: Causes, Consequences, and Cures (pdf), updated January 25, 2008
• The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications (pdf), January 22, 2008
• Trade Promotion Authority and Fast-Track Negotiating Authority for Trade Agreements: Major Votes (pdf), updated January 10, 2008
• The U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Effects After Three Years (pdf), January 7, 2008
• Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts (pdf), updated October 19, 2007
• U.S. Clothing and Textile Trade with China and the World: Trends Since the End of Quotas (pdf), July 10, 2007
• Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy (pdf), updated July 10, 2007
• U.S.-Latin American Trade: Recent Trends (pdf), updated May 18, 2007
• Europe: Rising Economic Nationalism? (pdf), July 6, 2006
• Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress (pdf), updated July 6, 2006
• U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts (pdf), updated July 5, 2006
• Proposed U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (pdf), updated July 3, 2006
• Trade Remedies: A Primer (pdf), updated June 14, 2006
• U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (pdf), updated June 5, 2006
• The Proposed South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUSFTA) (pdf), May 24, 2006
• Trade, Trade Barriers, and Trade Deficits: Implications for U.S. Economic Welfare (pdf), updated May 22, 2006
• U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges (pdf), updated May 1, 2006
• United States-Canada Trade and Economic Relationship: Prospects and Challenges (pdf), updated March 29, 2006
• China's Trade with the United States and the World (pdf), updated March 14, 2006
• Trade Liberalization Challenges Post-CAFTA (pdf), November 30, 2005
• Trade Integration in the Americas (pdf), November 22, 2005
• Central America and the Dominican Republic in the Context of the Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States (pdf), updated October 24, 2005
• Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the WTO (pdf), updated September 16, 2005
• Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements (pdf), updated July 11, 2005
• The Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) (pdf), updated July 6, 2005
• Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations (pdf), updated June 29, 2005
• The U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): Challenges for Sub-Regional Integration (pdf), updated June 1, 2004
• A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Status of Negotiations and Major Policy Issues (pdf), updated November 17, 2003
• Agricultural Trade in a U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) (pdf), October 31, 2003
• Trade and the Americas (pdf), updated September 12, 2003
• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2002 Summit in Mexico (pdf), updated October 17, 2002

ARTICLES and PRESS RELEASES

• President Bush Signs Trade Accord with Central America, Dominican Republic, Statement by President George Bush, August 2, 2005
• World Bank Mission Crucial to Global Peace, Statement by Paul Wolfowitz, Brussels, Belgium, March 30, 2005
• Globalization and Achieving Lasting Development, Op-ed by Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary of State For Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, October 1, 2004
• Bioterrorism Act Information for Austrian Food Exporters
• The Route From Miami to Economic Freedom, by Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, The Financial Times, December 9, 2003
• America will not wait for the won't-do countries, by Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, The Financial Times, September 22, 2003
• United States Requests Dispute Panel in WTO Challenge to EU Biotech Moratorium, press release, U.S. Embassy Vienna, Austria, August 11, 2003
• Our Credo: Free Trade and Competition, by Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, The Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2003
• President Bush Extends Trade Benefits for Developing Countries by $900 Million to Promote Economic Growth and Development, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, July 1, 2003

PUBLICATIONS and ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

• Benefits of Trade: Costs of Protectionism, Electronic Journal, U.S. Department of State, January 2007
• Promoting Growth Through Corporate Governance, Electronic Journal, February 2005
• Challenges to Energy Security, Electronic Journal, May 2004
• American Internationalism, Electronic Journal, August 2003
• Millennium Challenge Account: A New Compact for Global Development, Electronic Journal, March 2003

• The Free Trade Area of the Americas: Expanding Hemispheric Trade, Electronic Journal, October 2002
• Food Security and Safety, Electronic Journal, May 2002
• Trade in the Post-Doha Global Economy, Electronic Journal, January 2002
• Addressing Global Poverty, Electronic Journal, revised in March 2002
• The Language of Trade
• An Outline of the U.S. Economy
• USA Economy in Brief

RELATED SUBJECTS

• Trade and Economics
• U.S.A. and the WTO
• Group of 8
• G8 Summit 2004, Sea Island, GA, June 8 - 10, 2004

U.S. GOVERNMENT

• Office of the United States Trade Representative
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - The White House
• International Trade Administration - U.S. Department of Commerce
• United States International Trade Commission

ECONOMIC INDICATORS and STATISTICS

• Economic Statistics Briefing Room - The White House
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - U.S. Department of Labor
• Bureau of Economic Analysis - U.S. Department of Commerce
• Economic Briefing Rooms - U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. Department of Commerce

SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS

• International Monetary Fund
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Understanding the WTO (pdf)
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• International Labour Organization
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Secretariat