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U.S. Budget and Economic Reports |
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Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2002
"A Blueprint for New Beginnings: A Responsible Budget for America's Priorities," is the first FY 2002 budget document issued by the Bush administration. This 175-page document contains the president's message, a budget overview and highlights, major policy initiatives, key policy
priorities, and budget summaries for individual agencies.
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2002/pdf/blueprnt.pdf
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Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2001
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2001/maindown.html
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The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2002-2011
Issued in January 2001 by the Congressional Budget Office, this provides Congress' Committees on the Budget impartial and objective fiscal analysis and baseline federal spending projections. The report contains no recommendations.
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2727&sequence=0&from=7
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A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2001/guidetoc.html
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Economic Report of the President, 2001
The 2001 Economic Report of the President and Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers, was transmitted to Congress by former President Clinton in January, 2001. This year's Report focuses on the new economy -- its creation, global aspects, achievements, and challenges.
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2002/pdf/2001_erp.pdf
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Economic Report of the President, 2000
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2001/pdf/2000_erp.pdf
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Selected U.S. Trade Reports and Investment Reports |
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International Competition Policy Advisory Committee Final Report, 2000
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/icpac/finalreport.htm
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The National Money Laundering Strategy for 2000
Details 60 separate action items for combatting money laundering, including efforts to strengthen domestic enforcement, bolster international cooperation, and work with Congress. The specific US government office responsible for implementing each action item is listed in this Treasury Department report, the second issued since 1999.
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/docs/ml2000.pdf
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Addressing the Challenges of International Bribery and Fair Competition -- 2nd Annual Report to Congress on the OECD Antibribery Convention
This Department of Commerce report reviews the progress of signatory countries in implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. It assesses the steps nations have taken to disallow the tax deductibility of bribes and the various antibribery programs of major international organizations.
http://www.mac.doc.gov/Tcc/BRIBERY/oecd_report_2000/index.html
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2000 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
http://www.ustr.gov/html/2000_contents.html
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2001 Trade Policy Agenda and 2000 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program
Prepared by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, this annual report outlines the Bush Administration's guiding trade principles and priorities and reviews the major trade policy developments of 2000. The report chronicles U.S. activities in the WTO and other multilateral fora, regional and bilateral trade negotiations, and trade law enforcement.
http://www.ustr.gov/reports/2001.html
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The Year in Trade 1999: Operation of the Trade Agreements Program, 51st Report
This USITC report, published annually in August, covers global economic conditions and U.S. trade with major trading partners during 1999. It also summarizes significant WTO and OECD activities; the operation of such U.S. programs as the Generalized System of Preferences, the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and the Andean Trade Preference Act; and major U.S. trade sanctions activities.
ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/PUB3336.PDF
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The 2000 National Export Strategy, 7th Annual Report to Congress
http://ita.doc.gov/media/nesonline.pdf
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Report to the President: Global Steel Trade -- Structural Problems and Future Solutions
This International Trade Administration report examines market-distorting practices and trade barriers in the global steel industry. The report discusses the 1998 U.S. steel industry crisis and its aftermath; analyzes underlying structural problems in key steel exporting countries (Russia, Japan, Korea, and Brazil); looks at countries that may pose future steel-trade concerns (China, Ukraine, and India); and recommends solutions for avoiding future crises.
http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/steelreport726.htm
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Third Report to the Congress on the Operation of the Andean Trade Preference Act
This January 2001 report updates Congress on recent trade developments between the U.S. and Andean countries. Since 1991, the U.S. has used ATPA provisions to expand trade, and counteract the region's massive drug production and trafficking operations.
http://www.ustr.gov/regions/whemisphere/atpa3.pdf
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By the Sweat & Toil of Children (Volume VI): An Economic Consideration of Child Labor
The Department of Labor's sixth annual report on international child labor, published in 2000, discusses the economic benefits that eliminating exploitative child labor and increasing school enrollment could bring to individual countries and U.S. trade.
http://www.dol.gov/dol/ilab/public/media/reports/iclp/sweat6/sweat6.pdf
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U.S. Trade and Investment with Sub-Saharan Africa
The first USITC report in a five-year series intended to assist the president in developing a comprehensive trade and development policy for 48 African countries. This December 2000 report provides information on investment flows, major developments in U.S. trade and economic policy and commercial activities, economic activities within individual African countries, and regional integration in Africa.
ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3371.PDF
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The U.S. Trade Deficit: Causes, Consequences and Recommendations for Action
The November 2000 report of the congressionally mandated U.S. Trade Deficit Commission examines the causes and sustainability of the U.S. trade and current account deficits. The report, in presenting the viewpoints of both the commission's Republican and Democratic members, offers a balanced assessment of the situation. One of the commissioners, Robert Zoellick, has become the new Bush administration's US Trade Representative.
http://www.ustdrc.gov/reports/finalrept-contents.html
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The Road Ahead: Agricultural Policy Reform in the WTO -- Summary Report
This 2001 USDA Economic Research Service report quantifies the costs of agricultural trade barriers and producer subsidies and the potential benefits of their elimination for the U.S. and world agriculture.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer797/aer797.pdf
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