US-Panama Free Trade Agreement

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Syllabus of the Subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Panama.

  1. Introduction to the United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
  2. Benefits of the US-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
  3. International Trade United States-Panama
The Subject (e-learning) “United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA)” is part of the following Higher Education Programs taught by EENI (Business School) and the Hispano-African University of International Business:
  1. Doctorate in Business in America
  2. Masters (e-learning): International Business, America, Pacific
  3. Courses: Central America, United States

Doctorate and Master in International Business for the US Students

Languages of study Higher Education in English or Tertiary Education in Spanish USA Panama Post-secondary Education in French Etats-Unis

Sample of the Subject: United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Description of the Subject (Higher Education, e-learning): United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

The United States-Panama FTA is a free trade agreement that can result in the substantial Foreign Trade Liberalisation in goods and services, including financial services.

  1. 87% of the United States exports of consumer and industrial products to the Republic of Panama will become duty-free instantly (with remaining tariffs eliminated over ten years)
  2. In 2011, a Tax Information Exchange Agreement went into effect between the United States and the Republic of Panama
  3. The United States industrial export products face an average tariff of 7% in the Republic of Panama (some tariffs as high as 81%).
  4. US export agricultural products face an average tariff of 15% (some tariffs as high as 260%)
  5. The United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) guarantees the access to 20.6 billion dollars services market of Panama: The financial sector, telecommunications, computer, international distribution, express delivery, energy, environmental, and professional services
  6. The strategic location of the Republic of Panama as a major shipping route also enhances the importance of the United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
  7. 66% of the annual transits of the Panama Canal are bound to or from the United States sea ports

The United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) includes important disciplines relating to:

  1. Customs administration
  2. International Trade facilitation
  3. Technical barriers to international trade
  4. Government Procurement
  5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  6. Telecommunications
  7. E-commerce
  8. Intellectual Property rights (IPR)
  9. Labour and environmental protection

United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Panama belongs to the Latin American Economic Area and the United States to the North American area (Christian Civilisation).

Panama Free Trade Agreements (FTA).



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