Economic Recovery Act (‘‘CBERA’’), and the Ande-
an Trade Preference Act (‘‘ATPA’’), have played a 
vital role in triggering sustainable economic growth 
in developing countries, helping to spread the bene-
fits of trade abroad, and advancing United States 
trade policy goals. 
(2) The eligibility requirements of GSP, 
CBERA, and ATPA programs have also provided 
important leverage to the United States to promote 
improvements in beneficiary countries’ trade policies, 
protection of intellectual property rights, and protec-
tion of internationally-recognized worker rights. 
(3) The GSP program currently is scheduled to 
expire on December 31, 2008. The benefits under 
the CBERA program are currently scheduled to ex-
pire on September 30, 2008. The ATPA program is 
currently scheduled to expire on February 29, 2008. 
(4) It is important that the GSP, CBERA, and 
ATPA programs are extended swiftly to ensure the 
continuation of benefits that are critical to many de-
veloping countries and to provide United States 
trading partners, as well as United States manufac-
turers and retailers, the continuity and predictability 
necessary to make business and investment decisions 
for the near and longer term future. 
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(5) An extension of the GSP, CBERA, and 
ATPA programs until September 30, 2010, is appro-
priate in order to provide the necessary continuity 
and predictability to affected parties and to align the 
termination dates of the programs for ease of use 
and administration. 
(6) The extension of the GSP, CBERA, and 
ATPA programs until September 30, 2010, will also 
provide an opportunity for Congress to evaluate the 
operation of the programs and make any necessary 
changes to the programs and other trade preference 
programs to ensure that the programs continue to 
promote the interests of both United States workers, 
farmers, and businesses and developing countries, 
particularly least developed and low income devel-
oping countries, seeking to expand and improve their 
economies through increased trade. 
SEC. 3. GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 505 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2465) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(b) LIMITS ON REVOKING WAIVERS OF COMPETITIVE 
NEED LIMITATION.—Section 503(d)(4)(B) of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(d)(4)(B)) is amended— 
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(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Subject to clause (iii), not later 
than’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) The President may not revoke any 
waiver pursuant to clause (ii) with respect to an 
article unless the United States International 
Trade Commission affirmatively determines 
that— 
‘‘(I) revocation of the waiver will not 
reduce the level of exports of the article 
below the level of exports of the article en-
tered during the calendar year reviewed by 
the President under clause (ii) from the 
beneficiary developing country to the 
United States; and 
‘‘(II) revocation of the waiver will not 
benefit one or more countries that are not 
designated as beneficiary developing coun-
tries for purposes of this title.’’. 
(c) REVIEW OF REVOKED WAIVERS OF COMPETITIVE 
NEED LIMITATION.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— 
(1) review any waiver of the application of sub-
section (c)(2) of section 503 of the Trade Act of 
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1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463) pursuant to subsection (d) 
of such section with respect to any eligible article of 
a beneficiary developing country that was revoked 
pursuant to subsection (d)(4)(B)(ii) of such section; 
and 
(2) reinstate the waiver unless the United 
States International Trade Commission affirmatively 
determines that— 
(A) revocation of the waiver will not reduce 
the level of exports of the article below the level 
of exports of the article entered during the cal-
endar year reviewed by the President under 
subsection (d)(4)(B)(ii) of such section from 
the beneficiary developing country to the United 
States; and 
(B) revocation of the waiver will not ben-
efit one or more countries that are not des-
ignated as beneficiary developing countries for 
purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.). 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the gains from a prospective agreement re-
sulting from the World Trade Organization (WTO) 
Doha Development Round would far outweigh any 
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preference erosion experienced by beneficiaries of 
United States trade preference programs; 
(2) studies by the World Bank, the Inter-
national Monetary Fund, and several private re-
searchers have consistently found that the overall 
impact of preference erosion is limited and that the 
benefits of Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) tariff re-
duction under the Doha Development Round far 
outweigh any costs in the form of preference erosion; 
and 
(3) therefore, preference erosion should not be 
used as a basis for not agreeing to a comprehensive 
Doha Development Round agreement that will de-
liver significant new benefits to all WTO members. 
SEC. 4. CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT. 
Section 213(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Re-
covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) in clause (iii)— 
(i) in subclause (II)(cc), by striking 
‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’; and 
(ii) in subclause (IV)(dd), by striking 
‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’; and 
(B) in clause (iv)(II), by striking ‘‘6’’ and 
inserting ‘‘8’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (5)(D)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2010’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘108(b)(5)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 108(b)(5)’’. 
SEC. 5. ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 208(a) of the Andean 
Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3206(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘February 29, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2010’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN APPAREL ARTICLES.— 
Section 204(b)(3) of the Andean Trade Preference Act 
(19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(3)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (iii)— 
(i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘5 
succeeding 1-year periods’’ and inserting 
‘‘7 succeeding 1-year periods’’; and 
(ii) in subclause (III)(bb), by inserting 
‘‘and for each of the 2 succeeding 1-year 
periods’’ after ‘‘for the 1-year period begin-
ning October 1, 2007’’; and 
(B) in clause (v)(II), by striking ‘‘4 suc-
ceeding 1-year periods’’ and inserting ‘‘6 suc-
ceeding 1-year periods’’; and 
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(2) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(II), by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2010’’. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) 
the 
Andean 
Trade 
Preference 
Act 
(‘‘ATPA’’) is a critical tool for promoting develop-
ment in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and 
provides important incentives for eligible beneficiary 
countries to diversify their economies away from 
narcotics; 
(2) the eligibility criteria of the ATPA pro-
gram—set out in sections 203(c) and (d) and 
204(b)(6)(B) of the Andean Trade Preference Act— 
are a fundamental aspect of the program; and 
(3) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru 
should fully and rigorously comply with the eligi-
bility criteria of the ATPA program and the United 
States should carefully monitor compliance with the 
eligibility criteria by these countries to ensure that 
the eligibility criteria are being fully and rigorously 
satisfied. 
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SEC. 6. AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 112(c) of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(c)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, and subject 
to paragraph (2),’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (2); and 
(4) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country’ means— 
‘‘(A) a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country that had a per capita gross national 
product of less than $1,500 in 1998, as meas-
ured by the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development; 
‘‘(B) Botswana; 
‘‘(C) Namibia; and 
‘‘(D) Mauritius.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) apply to goods entered, or withdrawn 
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from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 
15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) 
RETROACTIVE
APPLICATION.—Notwith-
standing section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, upon 
proper request filed with U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection before the 90th day after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, if— 
(A) an entry, or withdrawal from ware-
house for consumption, of a good was made on 
or after October 1, 2005, and before the 15th 
day after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and 
(B) there would have been no duty with re-
spect to such entry or withdrawal if the amend-
ments made by subsection (a) applied to such 
entry or withdrawal, 
such entry or withdrawal shall be liquidated or reliq-
uidated as if such amendments applied to such entry 
or withdrawal. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 6002(a)(2)(B) 
of Public Law 109–432 is amended by striking ‘‘(B) by 
striking’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) in paragraph (3), by strik-
ing’’. 
Æ 
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