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Press Room October 2012
Statement from Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank on Implementation of U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank today applauded the announcement that the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement will go into effect on October 31. The agreement will significantly increase the ability of American companies to export their products to one of Latin America’s fastest-growing economies, while dramatically reducing the tariff rates across the range of U.S. industrial and agricultural goods.