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US-AFGHANISTAN
US-Afghanistan TIFA
 Interactive trade indicators

Technical notes for performance indicators
Performance Indicators :
Member Countries

Afghanistan United States

Agreement between the Governments of the United States and Afghanistan concerning the Development of Trade and Investment Relations

Status : Signed in 2004 .  In force since 2004
Scope : Bilateral
Type : Framework Agreement
WTO Notification : No Notification 
Agreement text : 
http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/agreements/tifa/asset_upload_file642_9850.pdf
Other links : 
http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2011/december/united-states-afghanistan-trade-and-investment-fr
WTO consideration process : 
GOODS
Tariffs


Rules of Origin


Contingency Measures
   Anti - Dumping : 
   Countervailing Duties : 
   Safeguards : 

Standards : 
Notes:
Agreement affirms parties' desire to promote an attractive investment climate and expand trade in products and services consistent with the terms of the agreement. The parties shall establish a United States-Afghanistan Council on Trade and Investment, to meet al least once a year for the purpose of monitoring trade and investment relations.
SERVICES
WTO Notification (GATS Art. V)
       Date of notification

       Consideration Process : 


Liberalization Approach

Modes Covered

Specific Chapters on

Specific Sectors Excluded

Public Sectors carve-out :

Most Favoured Nation :

National Treatment :

Market Access :

Domestic Regulation :

Subsidies covered by services disciplines :

Denial of benefits for commercial presence :
          


Notes :
          


Link to schedules :
INVESTMENT
Scheduling Approach

Definition of investment

Most Favoured Nation :
                           
National Treatment :
                           
Fair and Equitable Treatment :
                           
Expropriation :
                           
Board of Directors and executive personnel :

Invester - State arbitration :

Denial of Benefits :
          


Additional BIT exists between the parties :
          BIT list I :
                    Status:
          BIT list II :
                    Status:

Notes :
          


Link to schedules :
TRADE FACILITATION
Customs procedures : No
Customs valuation : No
Trade regulations publication and administration (transparency) : No
E-Commerce / Paperless trade : No
Cooperation in trade facilitation : No
OTHER AREAS
Government Procurement : No
Investment : No
Competition Policy : No
Intellectual Property : No
Dispute Settlement : No
Labor Mobility : No
Labor and Environmental Standards : No
Technical cooperation : No
Institutional mechanism : No
Notes:
RULES OF ORIGIN
Cumulation
Specific Process
Heading Change
De Minimis
Minimum Content
Drawback
Http Link
Notes
US-AFGHANISTAN
US-Afghanistan TIFA

Member Countries
Afghanistan
United States
Total: 2 countries

Agreement between the Governments of the United States and Afghanistan concerning the Development of Trade and Investment Relations

Status : Signed in 2004 .  In force since 2004
Scope : Bilateral
Type : Framework Agreement
WTO Notification : No Notification 
Agreement text : 
http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/agreements/tifa/asset_upload_file642_9850.pdf

Other links : 
http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2011/december/united-states-afghanistan-trade-and-investment-fr

WTO consideration process : 
GOODS
Tariffs



Rules of Origin



Contingency Measures
Anti - Dumping : 
Countervailing Duties : 
Safeguards : 

Standards : 

Notes:
Agreement affirms parties' desire to promote an attractive investment climate and expand trade in products and services consistent with the terms of the agreement. The parties shall establish a United States-Afghanistan Council on Trade and Investment, to meet al least once a year for the purpose of monitoring trade and investment relations.


SERVICES
WTO Notification (GATS Art. V)
Date of notification :
Consideration Process :

Liberalization Approach

Modes Covered

Specific Chapters on
Specific Sectors Excluded
Public Sectors carve-out :

Most Favoured Nation :

National Treatment :

Market Access :

Domestic Regulation :

Subsidies covered by services disciplines :

Denial of benefits for commercial presence :


Notes:

Link to schedules :

INVESTMENT
Scheduling Approach

Definition of investment

Most Favoured Nation :

National Treatment :


Fair and Equitable Treatment :


Expropriation :


Board of Directors and executive personnel :

Invester - State arbitration : No

Denial of Benefits :


Additional BIT exists between the parties :No

BIT list I :
Status:
BIT list II :
Status:

Notes :


Link to schedules :

TRADE FACILITATION
Customs procedures : No
Customs valuation : No
Trade regulations publication and administration : No
Use of ICT : No
Mobility of business people : No
Freedom of transit : No
Transport and logistics : No
Trade finance : No

OTHER AREAS
Government Procurement : No
Investment : No
Competition Policy : No
Intellectual Property : No
Dispute Settlement : No
Labor Mobility : No
Labor and Environmental Standards : No
Technical cooperation : No
Institutional mechanism : No

Notes:


RULES OF ORIGIN
Cumulation

Specific Process

Heading Change

De Minimis

Minimum Content

Drawback

Http Link

Notes

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