Bahrain–United States Free Trade Agreement
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The United States Senate approved the bill on December 13, 2005, by voice vote. President George W. Bush signed the USBFTA Implementation Act into law (Pub. L. Template:Trim/public/Template:Trim?link-type=html Template:Trim–Template:Trim (text) Template:Trim/public/Template:Trim?link-type=pdf&.pdf (PDF)) on January 11, 2006.[2][3] The FTA was implemented on August 1, 2006, and will reduce certain barriers of trade between the two countries.[4]
Early stages of the Bahrain–U.S. free trade negotiations go back to the year 1999, with the signing of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), which entered into force May 31, 2001. It is the first such treaty signed between the United States and a member of the GCC, and is aimed at stimulating the flow of private investment between the two countries. Both parties agreed that a stable framework for investment would maximize effective utilization of economic resources and improve living standards. One year later, a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) was signed on June 18, 2002, representing the prelude for the FTA negotiations. The TIFA was designed as a forum for an ongoing bilateral dialogue on economic reform and trade liberalization.
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External links
- Final text of the U.S.–Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, Office of the United States Trade Representative
- H.R. 4340 on GovTrack.us
- Bush's Presidential Proclamation on the Implementation of the USFTA
- "U.S.–Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: Potential Economywide and Selected Sectoral Effects", U.S. International Trade Commission, October 2004
- Congressional Research Service Report on Bahrain FTA
- Citizens' Trade Campaign Site on Bahrain FTA
- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Bahrain FTA
- U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Bahrain FTA
- Testimony on Bahrain FTA of David Hamod, National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce
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