§2704 International Trade Commission Reports on Impact of Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Program

Summary

The United States International Trade Commission must send a report to Congress and the President every two years about how this program affects U.S. industries, U.S. consumers, and the economies of the countries that benefit from the program. The first report had to be delivered by September 30, 2001. Industries in Puerto Rico and the U.S. insular possessions are counted as U.S. industries for these reports. Each report must show what actually happened during the period covered and what is likely to happen before the program ends. The Commission must look at production, trade, and use of goods and consider things like jobs, profits, plant use, prices, wages, sales, inventories, demand, investment, worn-out equipment, and shifts in production. The report must describe any major changes linked to the program. Reports must be sent within nine months after the period ends, and the public can give information in writing or by speaking.