Chapter 15, Section 2707, Subsection (d) · 19 U.S.C. Chapter 15 — CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY

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(d)The Center shall conduct the following activities:

(1)Provide forums for international discussion and debate for representatives from countries in the Western Hemisphere regarding issues which affect trade and other economic relations within the hemisphere, including the impact of the NAFTA on individual economies and the desirability and feasibility of possible accessions to the NAFTA by such countries.

(2)Conduct studies and research projects on subjects which affect Western Hemisphere trade, including tariffs, customs, regional and national economics, business development and finance, production and personnel management, manufacturing, agriculture, engineering, transportation, immigration, telecommunications, medicine, science, urban studies, border demographics, social anthropology, and population.

(3)Publish materials, disseminate information, and conduct seminars and conferences to support and educate representatives from countries in the Western Hemisphere who seek to do business with or invest in other Western Hemisphere countries.

(4)Provide grants, fellowships, endowed chairs, and financial assistance to outstanding scholars and authorities from Western Hemisphere countries.

(5)Provide grants, fellowships, and other financial assistance to qualified graduate students, from Western Hemisphere countries, to study at the Center.

(6)Implement academic exchange programs and other cooperative research and instructional agreements with the complementary Dante B. Fascell North-South Center at the University of Miami at Coral Gables.

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applicable percentage
means 60 percent or more on and after December 20, 2017.
appropriate congressional committees
means the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.
beneficiary country
includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any former beneficiary country.
category
has the meaning given that term in paragraph (2A)(E) of this subsection.
CBTPA
means the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.
core labor standards
means—
direct costs of processing operations
includes, but is not limited to— Such phrase does not include costs which are not directly attributable to the merchandise concerned or are not costs of manufacturing the product, such as (i) profit, and (ii) general expenses of doing business which are either not allocable to the specific merchandise or are not related to the growth, production, manufacture, or assembly of the merchandise, such as administrative salaries, casualty and liability insurance, advertising, and salesmen’s salaries, commissions or expenses.
entered
means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States.
foreign material
means a material produced in a country other than Haiti or any country described in clause (iii).
former beneficiary country
means a country that ceases to be designated as a beneficiary country under this chapter because the country has become a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
former CBTPA beneficiary country
means a country that ceases to be designated as a CBTPA beneficiary country under this chapter because the country has become a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
FTAA
means the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
HTS
means Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
initial applicable 1-year period
means the 1-year period beginning on December 20, 2006.
NAFTA
means the North American Free Trade Agreement.
perishable product
means—
Plan
means a stable food production plan that consists of measures and proposals designed to ensure that the present level of food production in, and the nutritional level of the population of, a beneficiary country will not be adversely affected by changes in land use and land ownership that will result if increased production of sugar and beef products is undertaken in response to the duty-free treatment extended under this chapter to such products.
qualifying knit fabric
means fabric or knit-to-shape components wholly formed or knit-to-shape in any country or any combination of countries described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), from yarns wholly formed in the United States, except that—
qualifying woven fabric
means fabric wholly formed in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States, except that—
sugar and beef products
means—
the Annex
means Annex 300–B of the North American Free Trade Agreement entered into between the United States, Mexico, and Canada on December 17, 1992.
transition period
means, with respect to a CBTPA beneficiary country, the period that begins on October 1, 2000, and ends on the earlier of—
USMCA
has the meaning given that term in section 4502 of this title.
wire harness automotive component
means any article provided for in subheading 8544.30.00 of the HTS, as in effect on December 20, 2006.