JAMAICA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING

UNCLAS KINGSTON 001992 SIPDIS EB/TPP/MTA - EKOCH COMMRCE/TCC/4110 - MROLLIN USDA/ITP-FAS - BERTSCH STATE PLEASE PASS USTR FOR HIRSH SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON ETRD JM SUBJECT: JAMAICA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING REF: STATE 152063 ¶1. Post provides to following information in response to reftel: A) The Political/Economic Section has responsibility for economic monitoring and reporting. The section consists of one Political/Economic Counselor, one Economic Officer, and one FSN Economic Specialist. Commercial diplomacy efforts are handled by an FSN Commercial Specialist, and Post maintains a relationship with the Foreign Commercial Service regional office in Santo Domingo. B) Embassy point of contact for trade compliance and monitoring is John Morgan, Economic Officer, tel: 876-935-6028, fax: 876-935-6029, e-mail: MorganJS@state.gov. C) Post rarely receives complaints about compliance. In terms of outreach, emboffs regularly meet with the local American Chamber of Commerce. D) Post reports on barriers to trade and investment, both structural and informal, in its annual investment climate statement and through periodic reporting. Specific areas of concern remain lack of enforcement of intellectual property rights, government procurement oversight, and general and endemic corruption. HEG