Economics and Trade

--06/03/02  The 2002 Farm Bill: Overview and Status Updated.
--06/14/05  Africa, the G8, and the Blair Initiative -- Updated
--04/05/04  AGOA III: Amendment to the African Growth and Opportunity Act -- Updated
--06/14/02   Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs -- Updated
--12/11/06  Agricultural Issues in the 110th Congress -- NEW!
--10/06/06  Agricultural Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--10/31/03  Agricultural Trade in a U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) NEW!
--09/24/02   Agricultural Trade Issues in the 107th Congress -- Updated
--11/07/03  Agriculture and Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority -- Updated
--05/03/05  Agriculture in the WTO Doha Round: The Framework Agreement and Next Steps -- Updated
--05/10/05  Agriculture in the WTO: Limits on Domestic Support -- Updated
--06/17/05  Agriculture in the WTO: Member Spending on Domestic Support -- Updated
--05/12/05  Agriculture in the WTO: Policy Commitments Made Under the Agreement on Agriculture -- NEW!
--01/03/05  Agriculture: Prospective Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--06/12/02  Andean Trade Preference Act: A Comparison of House and Senate Versions of H.R. 3009 NEW!
--02/21/02  Andean Trade Preference Act: Background and Issues for Reauthorization Updated.
--09/30/05  Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations -- Updated
--10/17/02  Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2002 Summit in Mexico Updated.
--10/26/01  Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2001 Summit in Shanghai Updated.
--08/01/03  Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2003 Summit in Bangkok, Thailand Updated
--07/11/05  Background on the U.S.-Brazil WTO Cotton Subsidy Dispute -- Updated
--12/08/06  The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology -- Updated
--01/12/05  Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity  -- Updated
--10/24/05  Central America and the Dominican Republic in the Context of the Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States -- Updated
--10/12/04  Changing Causes of the U.S. Trade Deficit -- NEW!
--08/06/03  China and the World Trade Organization Updated
--05/26/05  China's Economic Conditions -- Updated
--11/29/05  China's Currency: Brief Overview of U.S. Options -- NEW!
--05/03/02  China's Trade with the United States and the World NEW!
--03/14/02  China-U.S. Trade Issues -- Updated
--08/22/05  The Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act ("Byrd Amendment") -- NEW!
--11/22/06  Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts -- Updated
--01/10/02  Current Economic Recession: How Long, How Deep, and How Different from the Past?
--02/10/05  The Doha Development Agenda: The WTO Framework Agreement -- Updated
--07/08/05  DR-CAFTA Labor Rights Issues -- Updated
--07/08/05  DR-CAFTA: Regional Issues -- Updated
--07/06/05  The Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) -- Updated
--11/01/99  Economic Sanctions to Achieve U.S. Foreign Policy Goals: Discussion and Guide to Current Law -- Updated
--04/01/02  Electronic Commerce: An Introduction Updated.
--03/11/02  The Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans Updated.
--03/28/02  Enron Collapse: An Overview of Financial Issues Updated.
--12/06/06  Europe's New Trade Agenda -- NEW!
--01/30/02  Federal Securities Law: Insider Trading
--11/07/01  Financing Issues and Economic Effects of Past American Wars
--12/20/06  Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 110th Congress -- NEW!
--12/27/04  Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--01/03/03  Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 108th Congress NEW!
--06/21/05  Foreign Outsourcing: Economic Implications and Policy Responses -- Updated
--04/09/02  Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy NEW!
--08/13/03  Free Trade Agreements with Singapore and Chile: Labor Issues Updated
--11/08/05  A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Major Policy Issues and Status of Negotiations -- Updated
--09/26/06  Generalized System of Preferences: Background and Renewal Debate -- NEW!
--11/29/06  Generalized System of Preferences Renewal: Agricultural Imports -- NEW!
--10/13/05  Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Fishing and Aquaculture Industries - Damage and Recovery -- Updated
--07/11/05  Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements -- Updated
--10/12/01  India and Pakistan: Current U.S. Economic Sanctions. Updated.
--05/03/05  International Financial Institutions: Funding U.S. Participation -- NEW!
--09/23/04  Iraq's Trade with the World: Data and Analysis -- Updated
--09/13/05  The Macroeconomic Effects of Hurricane Katrina -- NEW!
--11/22/06  Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions -- Updated
--05/26/05  Morocco-U.S. Free Trade Agreement -- Updated
--02/13/04  NAFTA at Ten: Lessons from Recent Studies -- NEW!
--01/11/02  NAFTA Labor Side Agreement: Lessons for the Worker Rights and Fast-Track Debate Updated.
--01/24/03  North Korea: Economic Sanctions Updated.
--05/02/05  Offshoring (a.k.a. Offshore Outsourcing) and Job Insecurity Among U.S. Workers -- Updated
--01/28/02  Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status for Russia and U.S.-Russian Economic Ties
--10/14/05  Ports in Louisiana: New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge -- NEW!
--10/25/06  Potential Challenges to U.S. Farm Subsidies in the WTO: A Brief Overview -- NEW!
--11/01/05  The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement -- Updated
--03/21/02  South Korea-U.S. Economic Relations: Cooperation, Friction, and Future Prospects Updated.
--03/18/02  Status of Trade Legislation in the 107th Congress Updated.
--04/02/03  Steel: Legislative and Oversight Issues Updated.
--06/15/05  Structure and Functions of the Federal Reserve System -- Updated
--05/16/03  Taiwan's Accession to the WTO and its Economic Relations with the United States and China Updated
--05/11/01  Trade Agreements: A Pro/Con Analysis of Including Core Labor Standards
--11/26/01  Trade Agreements Implementation: Expedited Procedures and Congressional Control in Existing Law
--10/19/04  Trade and the Americas -- Updated
--09/12/05  Trade in Services: The Doha Development Agenda Negotiations and U.S. Goals -- NEW!
--11/22/05  Trade Integration in the Americas -- NEW!
--03/24/05  Trade Issues in the 109th Congress: Policy Challenges and Opportunities -- Updated
--11/30/05  Trade Liberalization Challenges Post-CAFTA -- NEW!
--11/14/06  Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress -- Updated
--10/12/04  Trade Negotiations in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--03/27/02  Trade Policymaking in the European Union: Institutional Framework
--01/14/03  Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track Authority for Trade Agreements): Background and Developments in the 107th Congress Updated.
--06/17/02  Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track): Labor Issues (Including H.R. 3005 and H.R. 3009) Updated.
--01/18/02  Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track): Labor Issues (Including H.R. 3005 and H.R. 3019) Updated.
--12/05/06  Trade Promotion Authority (TPA): Issues, Options, and Prospects for Renewal -- NEW!
--01/17/02  Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: A Comparison of H.R. 3005 as Approved by the House and the Senate Finance Committee
--11/28/01  Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: H.R. 3005 Provisions and Related Issues Updated.
--04/15/02  Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: Summary and Analysis of Selection Major Provisions of H.R. 3005 NEW!
--06/14/02  Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: Summary and Analysis of Selected Major Provisions of H.R. 3005 and Title XXI of H.R. 3009 Updated.
--07/22/03  Trade Remedy Law Reform in the 108th Congress Updated
--03/05/02  Trade Retaliation: The "Carousel" Approach Updated
--06/29/05  Unauthorized Employment of Aliens: Basics of Employer Sanctions -- NEW!
--09/25/06  U.S. Agricultural Trade: Trends, Composition, Direction, and Policy -- Updated
--10/13/06  United States-Canada Trade and Economic Relationship: Prospects and Challenges -- Updated
--06/01/04  The U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): Challenges for Sub-Regional Integration -- Updated
--03/05/01  The U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement.  -- Updated
--05/21/02  U.S.-EU Trade Tensions: Causes, Consequences, and Possible Cures NEW!
--05/21/02  U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges -- Updated
--12/14/06  U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts -- Updated
--05/29/02   U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook -- Updated
--05/11/04  U.S.-Latin American Trade: Recent Trends -- Updated
--07/11/05  U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications -- Updated
--10/09/06  U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement -- Updated
--06/20/01  U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Investment: Programs and Policy Direction Updated.
--11/03/05  U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement Negotiations -- Updated
--12/13/06  U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Rising Oil Prices -- Updated
--10/24/06  Vietnam PNTR Status and WTO Accession: Issues and Implications for the United States -- Updated
--07/28/04  Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties -- Updated
--03/17/05  The World Bank: Changing Leadership and Issues for the United States and Congress -- Updated
--04/19/04  World Bank Post-Conflict Aid: Oversight Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--08/28/02  WorldCom: The Accounting Scandal Updated.
--02/18/05  The World Trade Organization: Background an Issues -- Updated
--06/09/05  World Trade Organization (WTO): Issues in the Debate on U.S. Participation -- Updated
--12/09/05  The World Trade Organization: The Hong Kong Ministeriall -- Updated
--11/07/06  WTO Dispute Settlement: Stages and Pending U.S. Activity Before the Dispute Settlement Body -- Updated
--11/09/05  WTO Doha Round: Agricultural Negotiating Proposals -- NEW!
--12/12/06  The WTO, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Access to Medicines Controversy -- Updated