PUBLIC LAW 98-67—AUG. 5, 1983 97 STAT. 387 19 USC 2503. (4) the degree to which such country follows the accepted rules of international trade provided for under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, as well as applicable trade agreements approved under section 2(a) of the Trade Agree- ments Act of 1979; (5) the degree to which such country uses export subsidies or imposes export performance requirements or local content requirements which distort international trade; (6) the degree to which the trade policies of such country as they relate to other beneficiary countries are contributing to the revitalization of the region; (7) the degree to which such country is undertaking self-help measures to promote its own economic development; (8) the degree to which workers in such country are afforded reasonable workplace conditions and enjoy the right to organize and bargain collectively; (9) the extent to which such country provides under its law adequate and effective means for foreign nationals to secure, exercise, and enforce exclusive rights in intellectual property, including patent, trademark, and copyright rights; (10) the extent to which such country prohibits its nationals from engaging in the broadcast of copyrighted material, includ- ing films or television material, belonging to United States copyright owners without their express consent; and (11) the extent to which such country is prepared to cooperate with the United States in the administration of the provisions of this title. (d) General headnote 8(a) of the TSUS (relating to products of the U.S. insular insular possessions) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph: "(iv) Subject to the provisions in section 213 of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, articles which are imported from insular possessions of the United States shall receive duty treatment no less favorable than the treatment afforded such articles when they are imported from a beneficiary country under such Act.". (e) The President shall, after complying with the requirements of Withdrawal or subsection (a)(2), withdraw or suspend the designation of any coun- try as a beneficiary country if, after such designation, he determines that as the result of changed circumstances such country would be barred from designation as a beneficiary country under subsection (b). possessions. 19 USC 1202. Infra. suspension. 19 USC 2702. SEC. 213. ELIGIBLE ARTICLES. 19 USC 2703. (a)(1) Unless otherwise excluded from eligibility by this title, the duty-free treatment provided under this title shall apply to any article which is the growth, product, or manufacture of a beneficiary country if— (A) that article is imported directly from a beneficiary woun- try into the customs territory of the United States; and (B) the sum of (i) the cost or value of the materials produced Appraised value. in a beneficiary country or two or more beneficiary countries, plus (ii) the direct costs of processing operations performed in a beneficiary country or countries is not less than 35 per centum of the appraised value of such article at the time it is entered. For purposes of determining the percentage referred to in subpara- graph (B), the term "beneficiary country" includes the Common-
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