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U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area, U.S.-Jordan, Oct. 24, 2000, at <http://www.ustr.gov> [hereinafter Agreement].

2 See USTR Press Release on U.S. and Jordan Sign Historic Free Trade Agreement (Oct. 24, 2000), at <http://www.ustr.gov>.

3 Agreement, supra note 1, Arts. 2-4; see also Memorandum of Understanding on Issues Related to the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Under the Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area, U.S.-Jordan, Oct. 24, 2000, at <http://www.ustr.gov>.

4 Trade between the United States and Jordan totaled only about $287 million in 1999, an amount of trade that the United States and Mexico exceed on a daily basis. See USTR Press Release, supra note 2; Kahn, Joseph, Dual Purpose of a U.S.-Jordan Trade Pact, N.Y. Times, Oct. 20, 2000, at A14 Google Scholar.

5 The U.S. Jordan bilateral investment treaty, along with nine other bilateral investment treaties (with Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Croatia, El Salvador, Honduras, Lithuania, Mozambique, and Uzbekistan), was approved by the U.S. Senate on October 18, 2000. See 146 Cong. Rec. S10, 658-67 (daily ed. Oct. 18, 2000).

6 Agreement, supra note 1, Art. 5.

7 Id.

8 Id., Art. 7.

9 Id., Art. 17; see also Memorandum of Understanding on Transparency in Dispute Settlement Under the Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area, U.S.-Jordan, Oct. 24, 2000, at <http://www.ustr.gov>.

10 See H.R. 2603, 107th Cong. (2001); S. 643, 107th Cong. (2001).