On October 24, 2000, the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan signed the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the agreement entered force on December 17, 2001. The U.S.-Jordan FTA is the United States' third free trade agreement, following the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico and it's the United States first agreement with an Arab country. The U.S.-Jordan FTA demonstrates the United States support of Jordan's domestic economic reforms, encourage efforts by other Middle East countries to open their economies and to enhance regional stability.

To learn more about the this FTA, please visit http://www.export.gov/fta/jordan, your one-stop shop for FTA related information. At http://www.export.gov/fta/jordan, you will find answers to Frequently Asked Questions, access to the text of the agreement, and information on how products qualify to take advantage of the Agreement.

You can also visit: http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Jordan/Section_Index.html