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Ecuador “Suspends Support” for U.S. Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act, Title XXXI of the Trade Act of 2002, Pub. L. No.107- 210, 116 Stat. 933, 1023 (2002).

2 Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), at http://www.ustr.gov/trade-topics/trade-development/preference-programs/andean-trade-preference-act-atpa.

3 Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Sixth Report to the Congress on the Operation of the Andean Trade Preference Act, as Amended, Executive Summary, June 29, 2012, at http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/reports-and-publications/2012/sixth-report-congress-ATPA.

4 U.S. Dep’t of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Trade Preference Programs, at http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/eamain.nsf/6e1600e39721316c852570ab0056f719/53018ab5e2d8426a852573940049684c.

5 William Neuman & Mark Landler, Ecuador Risks Trade Problems with U.S. If It Grants Asylum to Snowden, N.Y. Times, June 26, 2013, at A 10; Girish Gupta, U.S. Trade with Ecuador on the Line, USA Today, June 28, 2013, at 4B.

6 Forero, Juan, Ecuadoran Leader Invites Tussle with U.S. over Snowden, Wash. Post, June 25, 2013, at A7 Google Scholar.

7 Editorial, Ecuador’s Double Standard, Wash. Post, June 25, 2013, at A 14; Gupta, supra note 5.

8 Forero, Juan, Ecuador Pulls Out of Trade Deal with U.S., Wash. Post, June 28, 2013, at A6 Google Scholar.

9 Press Statement from the Government of Ecuador, Statement on the Renunciation of ATPDEA (June 27, 2013), at http://www.ecuador.org/blog/?cat=8&paged=2. Ecuador reportedly is considering legislation to compensate exporters harmed by the loss of ATPDEA preferences. See Government Prefers Cash Compensation for Exporters, Ecuador Times, July 26, 2013, at http://www.ecuadortimes.net/2013/07/26/government-prefers-cash-compensation-for-exporters.