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U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement: Analysis of Environmental Provisions (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Oct. 16, 2001
Report Number RS20999
Report Type Report
Authors Mary Tiemann, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed on October 24, 2000, and submitted to Congress on January 6, 2001. It has been approved by the Jordanian Parliament, and was signed into law (P.L. 107-43) on September 28, 2001. This trade agreement generally has broad bipartisan support; however, it has generated controversy because it includes precedent-setting provisions on environment and labor within the text of the FTA, and these provisions are subject to the accord's dispute settlement process.