§2704 International Trade Commission reports on impact of Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Program

Summary

The U.S. International Trade Commission must send Congress and the President reports every two years about how the Caribbean Basin trade program affects U.S. industries, consumers, and the economies of the beneficiary countries. The first report had to be sent by September 30, 2001, and each report must be filed within nine months after the period it covers. Each report must cover the program’s actual effects and likely future effects on the U.S. economy and on U.S. industries that make goods similar to imports from beneficiary countries. To do this, the Commission must analyze things like production, trade, consumption, jobs, profits, use of plants, prices, wages, sales, inventories, demand, investment, old equipment, and changes in production. Puerto Rico and the U.S. insular possessions count as U.S. industries. The public may give information in writing or by speaking to the Commission.