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Free Trade Agreements

Panama Free Trade Agreement

Panama Free Trade Agreement

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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 Texts

Title Page

Title Page and Table of Contents

Preamble

Preamble

Chapter 1

Initial Provisions

Chapter 2

General Definitions

Chapter 3

National Treatment and Market Access for Goods

Chapter 4

Rules Of Origin

Chapter 5

Customs Administration

Chapter 6

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Dec 2005 SPS Letter

Chapter 7

Technical Barriers to Trade

Chapter 8

Trade Remedies

Chapter 9

Government Procurement

Annex 9.1

Chapter 10

Investment

Chapter 11

Cross-Border Trade in Services

Chapter 12

Financial Services

Chapter 13

Telecommunications

Chapter 14

Electronic Commerce

Chapter 15

Intellectual Property Rights

Chapter 16

Labor

Chapter 17

Environment

Chapter 18

Transparency

Chapter 19

Administration of the Agreement and Trade Capacity Building

Chapter 20

Dispute Settlement

Chapter 21

Exceptions

Chapter 22

Final Provisions

Annexes

Annex Specific Rules of Origin

Annex I: Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment

Annex I Formatting Note

US Annex I

Panama Annex I

Annex II: Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment

Annex II Formatting Note

US Annex II

Panama Annex II

Annex III: Non-Conforming Measures for Financial Services

US Annex III

Panama Annex III

Other Documents

US General Notes and Appendix I

US Agricultural Tariff Schedule

US Industrial and Textile Tariff Schedule

Panama General Notes and Appendix I

Panama Agricultural Tariff Schedule

Panama Industrial and 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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