INDEPENDENCE FOR PUERTO RICO:VLADIMIR N. PREGELJ

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: June 23, 1998 | Copyright information

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STATEMENT on the Implications of Puerto Rico's Independence for U.S. Trade and Tariffs before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources by Vladimir N. Pregelj, Specialist in International Trade and Finance Economics Division June 23, 1998

Mr. Chairman, I am honored to have been asked by the Committee to provide, in brief, information on trade and tariff implications for the United States in the event that Puerto Rico in a referendum chooses to become an independent country.

As an independent country, Puerto Rico would, in the context of trade as in any other ...

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