# 2025-10953: U.S. Rechecks Which Caribbean Countries Keep Trade Perks 2025-10953, Request for Comments Concerning the Biennial Review of Country Eligibility for Benefits Under the Caribbean Basin Initiative for Calendar Year 2025, is a Federal Register notice from Trade Representative, Office of United States published 2025-06-16, effective 2025-12-31; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-02). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10953 - As of: 2026-11-02 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-10953 - Title: Request for Comments Concerning the Biennial Review of Country Eligibility for Benefits Under the Caribbean Basin Initiative for Calendar Year 2025 - Type: Notice - Agencies: Trade Representative, Office of United States - Citation: 90 FR 25420 - Published: 2025-06-16 - Effective: 2025-12-31 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-11-02 ## In one line U.S. Rechecks Which Caribbean Countries Keep Trade Perks ## Summary The U.S. Trade Representative is checking how well Caribbean countries are doing with special trade benefits under the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) for 2025. They want your thoughts by July 16, 2025, to help decide if these countries should keep their benefits, which can affect trade and money flow. This review impacts countries like Jamaica, Barbados, and others who rely on these perks to boost their economies. ## Abstract The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has to submit a report to Congress regarding the operation of the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) on or before December 31, 2025. The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) invites comments concerning the operation of the CBI, including the performance of each beneficiary country and whether they are meeting the criteria pursuant to the CBI, to assist in preparing the report to Congress on the operation of the CBI program. ## Effects PRIA read - Public comment window before CBI review: benefit, low. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative invites written comments on the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) and the performance of beneficiary countries. You must submit comments by 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 16, 2025 (use Docket Number USTR-2025-0014 on Regulations.gov), and submissions should not ex… - Listed countries under CBI subject to 2025 review: mixed, medium. The notice identifies beneficiary countries and territories and says their performance under CBERA and CBTPA will be reviewed for the 2025 report. For example, Barbados, Belize, Curaçao, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago receive benefits under both CBERA and CBTPA; Antigu… - Eligibility based on specific mandatory and discretionary criteria: cost, high. The review will assess each beneficiary against specified CBERA and CBTPA criteria. Mandatory CBERA criteria include items such as not being a Communist country, not nationalizing U.S. property without resolution, enforcing arbitral awards, respecting intellectual property and worker rights. CBTPA-… - Report to Congress will examine trade and investment effects: benefit, low. USTR will prepare a report to Congress (due on or before December 31, 2025) that will examine how the CBI affects the volume and composition of trade and investment between the United States and CBI beneficiary countries and how the program advances U.S. trade policy goals. ## Related documents - [2026-21755](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-21755): Request for Comments on Further Suspension of Section 301 Action: China's Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors fo…, 2026-10-26 - [2026-20615](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20615): Request for Comments on the Effect of the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Proposals To Expand Coverage on U.S.…, 2026-10-08 - [2026-20510](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20510): Continuation of Actions: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation, 2026-10-07 - [2026-20511](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20511): Notice of Conforming Amendment to Product Exclusion: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Pro…, 2026-10-07 - [2026-19399](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19399): Fiscal Year 2027 Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar, 2026-09-23 - [2026-17925](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-17925): Notice of Conforming Amendments to Product Exclusions: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual P…, 2026-09-02 ## Sources - [2025-10953 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-10953/request-for-comments-concerning-the-biennial-review-of-country-eligibility-for-benefits-under-the) - [2025-10953 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-10953.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2025-10952, Notice of Board Meeting](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10952) - [Next: 2025-10955, Commercial Leasing for Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Offshore American Samoa…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10955) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10953 (as of 2026-11-02).