1、1 For purposes of comparison: a recent State Department list of the countries of the worldcontains the names of 192 independent countries, and 62 dependencies; it separately lists Taiwan. Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder C
2、ode 96-463 EUpdated February 23, 2004Country Applicability of the U.S.Normal Trade Relations(Most-Favored-Nation) StatusVladimir N. PregeljSpecialist in International Trade and FinanceForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryThe United States accords permanent normal-trade-relations (NTR)
3、(formerlycalled most-favored-nation (MFN) treatment to all its trading partners except threecountries to which it is denied by law and eight countries whose NTR status istemporary and subject to the conditions of Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974.As a matter of general policy embodied in its own law
4、 (Section 126; Trade Act of1974; 19 U.S.C. 2136), the United States extends unlimited and permanentnondiscriminatory (NTR/MFN) treatment to all of its trading partners. Hence, thereexists no official specific list of countries with NTR status.1Excepted from this general policy have been certain coun
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