SICE: Trade Policy Developments: Panama-United States

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Proposed United States - Panama TPA Texts

Subject to legal review for accuracy, clarity, and consistency.

Table of Contents

Preamble

1. Initial Provisions

2. General Definitions

3. National Treatment and Market Access for Goods

Section on Agriculture

Section on Textiles and Apparel

Annex 3.3 Tariff Elimination

Annex 3.17 Agricultural Safeguard Measures

4. Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures

5. Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation

6. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

7. Technical Barriers to Trade

8. Trade Remedies

9. Government Procurement

10. Investment

11. Cross-Border Trade in Services

12. Financial Services

13. Telecommunications

14. Electronic Commerce

15. Intellectual Property Rights

16. Labor

17. Environment

18. Transparency

19. Administration of the Agreement and Trade Capacity Building

20. Dispute Settlement

21. Exceptions

22. Final Provisions

Annex I: Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment

Formatting Note

Annex II: Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment

Formatting Note

Panama Annex II

Annex III: Non-Conforming Measures for Financial Services

US Annex III (with Formatting Note)

Panama Annex III (with Formatting Note)

Annex 4.1: Specific Rules of Origin

Industrial/Agricultural Rules of Origin

Textile Rules of Origin

General Notes and Tariff Schedules

U.S. General Notes

U.S. Appendix I

U.S. Agricultural Tariff Schedule

U.S. Industrial & Textile Tariff Schedule

Panama General Notes

Panama Appendix I

Panama Agricultural Tariff Schedule

Panama Industrial & Textile Tariff Schedule

Side Letters

Letter on Autos

Letter on Ship Repairs

Letter on the ITA

Letter on Panama Free Zones

Letter on Article 9.15

Letter on Investment in Specified Sectors

Letter on Retail Sales

Letter on Cross-Border Financial Services

Letter on Insurance

Letter on Pensions

Letter on Public Health

Letter on Traditional Knowledge

Letter on Taxation

Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative

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