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U.S. Budget and Economic Reports
The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2005 to 2014
Issued in January 2004 by the Congressional Budget Office, the Outlook provides congressional committees on the Budget impartial fiscal analysis and baseline federal spending projections, and contains no recommendations. Included in the 2004 report is a chapter on homeland security spending.
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=4985&sequence;=0
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2005
The 2005 US budget lays out the Bush administration's spending proposals for homeland security and the war on terrorism, as well as proposed FY05 funding for all federal agencies.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/budget.html
Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2005
Office of Management and Budget. This document contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective. This volume includes economic and accounting analyses; information on Federal receipts and collections; analyses of Federal spending; detailed information on Federal borrowing and debt; baseline or current services estimates; and other technical presentations.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/pdf/spec.pdf
Mid-Session Review, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2005
This mid-year publication contains revised estimates of budget receipts, outlays, and budget authority for fiscal years 2004 through 2009 and other summary information.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/05msr.pdf
Economic Report of the President, 2004
The 2004 Economic Report of the President and Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers explicates the Bush Administration's economic security agenda. Topics include US macroeconomic performance, the social security and health care systems, business firms and competition policy, environmental regulation, and global economic integration.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy05/pdf/2004_erp.pdf
Glossary of Budgetary and Economic Terms
The glossary, provided by the Congressional Budget Office, defines various economic and budgetary terms contained in the Office's Budget and Economic Outlook report.
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=4032&sequence;=14
Selected U.S. Trade Reports and Investment Reports
Overviews
Trade Negotiations in the 108th Congress
Congressional Research Service, updated August 23, 2004.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/trade/files/ib10123.pdf
The Year in Trade 2002: Operation of the Trade Agreements Program, 54th Report
This annual U.S. International Trade Commission report reviews global economic conditions and U.S. trade with major trading partners during 2002. It also summarizes significant WTO and OECD activities; the operation of such U.S. programs as the Generalized System of Preferences, the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, the Andean Trade Preference Act, and U.S. textile and apparel trade; and major U.S. trade sanctions activities.
http://www.usitc.gov/pub3630/pub3630.pdf
The 2004 National Export Strategy, 2004 edition
This report of the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee (TPCC) outlines the Bush administration's trade promotion policy. It reports on progress towards last year's goals, and emphasizes the U.S. China export promotion strategy and the development of commercial strategies for FTA countries.
http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/pdf/nes2004.pdf
2004 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
This annual Office of the United States Trade Representative report surveys the major foreign barriers impeding U.S. exports of goods and services to the 55 countries and trading blocs that constitute the United States’s largest export markets. It also inventories the foreign barriers affecting foreign direct investment by U.S. persons and the protection of intellectual property rights.
http://www.ustr.gov/reports/nte/2004
2004 Trade Policy Agenda and 2003 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program
Prepared by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, this annual report outlines the Bush Administration's guiding trade principles and priorities, and reviews the major trade policy developments of 2003. The report chronicles U.S. activities in the WTO and other multilateral fora, regional and bilateral trade negotiations, and trade law enforcement.
http://www.ustr.gov/reports/2004.html
Money and Finance
The 2003 National Money Laundering Strategy
This report, prepared by the U. S. Department of the Treasury in consultation with the Department of Justice, outlines strategies for dismantling money-laundering organizations and prosecuting money launderers. The report enumerates action items to facilitate aggressive enforcement, accountability, preventative efforts, and enhanced international cooperation.
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/eotffc/publications/ml2003.pdf
Addressing the Challenges of International Bribery and Fair Competition -- Sixth Annual Report to Congress on the OECD Antibribery Convention
This sixth and final annual Department of Commerce report reviews the progress of signatory countries in implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. It assesses the steps nations have taken to disallow the tax deductibility of bribes and the various antibribery programs of major international organizations.
http://www.tcc.mac.doc.gov/pdf/2004bribery.pdf
Child Labor
The Department of Labor's 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
This report was prepared in response to a child labor reporting requirement under the Trade and Development Act of 2000. Under this act, trade beneficiary countries and territories are required to implement their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The report presents information on the nature and extent of the problem in 144 countries and territories and the efforts being made by their governments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor.
http://www.labor.gov/ILAB/media/reports/iclp/tda2003/overview.htm
Agriculture
Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century
This U.S. Department of Agriculture report surveys the evolving U.S. food and agriculture system, agricultural trade, farm sector policy, food safety, conservation programs, rural communities, and nutrition and food assistance. Detailed information on America's diverse farms is also featured.
http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/farmpolicy01/fullreport.pdf
Agricultural Policy Reform in the WTO--The Road Ahead
This 2001 report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service quantifies the costs of agricultural trade barriers and producer subsidies and the potential benefits of their elimination for the U.S. and world agriculture, within the context of agricultural policy issues in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer802/aer802.pdf
Regions
NAFTA at Ten: A Decade of Strengthening a Dynamic Relationship
Released by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, this brochure highlights the North American Free Trade Agreement's record on expanding trade, creating jobs, and increasing foreign direct investment in the United States, Canada and Mexico. This concise document, available in English, French and Spanish, also provides a snapshot of NAFTA's work on environmental, labor and border issues.
http://www.ustr.gov/regions/whemisphere/nafta2003/brochure-english.pdf
First Report to Congress on the Operation of the Andean Trade Preference Act as Amended
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, April 2003. This report updates Congress on recent trade developments between the U.S. and Andean countries. Since 1991, the U.S. has used ATPA provisions to expand trade, and counteract the region's massive drug production and trafficking operations. The anti-trafficking focus was strenghtened by the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), which extends the ATPA until the end of 2006.
http://www.ustr.gov/reports/2003atpa.pdf
Free Trade with Central America. CAFTA Fact Sheet
Overview of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, signed May 28, 2004. In August 2004 the Dominican Republic also signed the agreement.
http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Fact_Sheets/2004/Free_Trade_with_Central_America.html
The Impact of the Andean Trade Preference Act
U.S. International Trade Commission, September 2003. ATPA expired on December 4, 2001, but was renewed retroactive to that date on
August 6, 2002, under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), part of the Trade Act of 2002. ATPDEA amended ATPA to authorize duty-free treatment for certain products previously excluded from ATPA trade preferences. ATPDEA amendments were implemented by Presidential proclamation on October 31, 2002. ATPA, as amended, will expire on December 31, 2006.
http://www.usitc.gov/pub3637/pub3637.htm
U.S. Trade and Investment with Sub-Saharan Africa -- Fourth Annual Report
This U.S. International Trade Commission report, the fourth in a five-year series, is intended to assist the president in developing a comprehensive trade and development policy for 48 African countries. The report provides information on total U.S.-sub-Saharan Africa trade and investment flows, economic activities within individual African countries, and regional integration in Africa.
http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/pub3650/pub3650.pdf
2004 Comprehensive Report on U.S. Trade and Investment Policy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa and Implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act
This annual report to congress, prepared by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, examines the U.S. trade and investment policy toward sub-Saharan Africa and the implementation of AGOA. The 2004 report contains expanded country information on AGOA-related trade and investment activities, a special section on U.S. Government trade capacity building initiatives, and a section on technical assistance initiatives.
http://www.ustr.gov/regions/africa/2004-05-agoa.pdf
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