ITC To Consider Changes to DR-CAFTA Rules of Origin
The International Trade Commission released its report on changes to rules of origin under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), it said in a June 17 press release (here). The report (here) considered the economic effects of the…
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potential modifications, which would affect fishing lures, gaming machines, polyvinyl chloride and some chemicals. Among other things, the ITC found that the "proposed modification for the rule of origin for fishing lures could result in a significant increase in U.S. imports of fishing lures from CAFTA-DR partner countries," it said in the release. "However, because U.S. imports from CAFTA-DR countries are a small portion of total U.S imports of fishing lures, the effect on total U.S. imports of these products is likely negligible. For all other products, the likely effects on U.S. imports from CAFTA-DR partner countries are negligible."