Economics, Econometrics and Finance
8 years ago

Trade Agreements Shift Country of Origin Tests, Impacting Tariff Duties

SSRN Electronic Journal
Shift to the Tariff-Shift: The Development of Country of Origin Tests from Gibson-Thomsen to NAFTA
Philip MacFarlane

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The article discusses how determining the country of origin for imports into the United States is becoming more challenging due to free trade agreements and global sourcing. To make tariff duties more predictable, country of origin tests are shifting towards more objective measures like regional value content or tariff shift. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has led to separate tests for NAFTA and non-NAFTA goods.