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Stronger Dollar Pushes Trade Agreements Act Thresholds Down

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.17.15

On December 15, 2015, the U.S. Trade Representative published its biennial readjustment of the Trade Agreements Act thresholds expressed in "special drawing rights." The new dollar thresholds, effective for 2016-2017, will be approximately 6.4% lower than the current thresholds, going to $191,000 for most covered supply contracts and $7,358,000 for most covered construction contracts, with other adjusted thresholds applicable to certain free trade agreements.


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The Month in International Trade - November 2025

This news bulletin is provided by the International Trade Group of Crowell & Moring. If you have questions or need assistance on trade law matters, please contact Anand Sithian or Simeon Yerokun or any member of the International Trade Group....