Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
Note: On October 30, 2012, President Obama issued a proclamation regarding implementation of the Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, which entered into force on October 31, 2012. The proclamation authorized changes in the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule and Rules of Origin. View Modifications to Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to Implement the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (pdf).
Final Text
Title Page and Table of Contents
Preamble
1. Initial Provisions
2. General Definitions
3. National Treatment and Market Access for Goods
4. Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures
5. Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation
6. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
. December 2006 SPS Letter Exchange
7. Technical Barriers to Trade
8. Trade Remedies
9. Government Procurement
. Annex 9.1
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 4.1 - Specific Rules of Origin
Annex I: Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment
. Formatting Note
. US Annex I
. Panama Annex I
Annex II: Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment
. Formatting Note
. US Annex II
. Panama Annex II
Annex III: Non-Conforming Measures for Financial Services
. US Annex III
. Panama Annex III
General Notes and Tariff Schedules
. US General Notes and Appendix I
. US Agricultural Tariff Schedule
. US Industrial & Textile Tariff Schedule
. Panama General Notes and 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 Traditional Knowledge
. Letter on Taxation
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