[20050324]96-463_美国正常贸易关系（最惠国）地位的国家适用性.pdf

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 Code 96-463 EUpdated March 24, 2005Country Applicability of the U.S.Normal Trade Relations(Most-Favored-Nation) Status-name redacted-Specialist in International Trade and FinanceForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryThe United States accords permanent normal-trade-relations (NTR) (formerlycalled most-favored-nation (MFN) treatment to all its trading partners except twocountries to which it is denied by law and ten countries whose NTR status is temporaryand subject to the conditions of Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974.As a matter of general policy embodied in its own law (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 countries whose