The United States Trade Representative

The United States Trade Representative October-17-08 8:37 PM

By Dynafrom Wang Country Name: Trinidad and Tobago

What is your country’s trade surplus/deficit with the United States? Trinidad has a trade surplus of $4.929 billion dollar trade surplus with the United States.

How much has the surplus/deficit changed from the previous year? Trinidad’s trade surplus has decreased from last year which was $4.965 billion dollars.

How much direct foreign investment does the United States have in your country? Although it does not state how much in my country, it is shown that the US has $53.497 billion dollars invested through FDI in the Caribbean.

What is the free trade status of the United States with your country? There is no free trade between Trinidad and the United States, although the CBI agreement does loosen tariffs on certain exports.

What, if any, non-tariff barriers does your country impose against other countries according to the United States Government? Trinidad imposes non-tariff barriers on certain kinds of food, and it technology.

What is the American position on your country’s IP rights protection efforts? America is happy since we signed a intellectual property protection agreement in 1994.

Summarize any service barriers identified by the United States. No information available.

Summarize any investment Barriers identified by the United States. No information available.