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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