How do zones “expedite and encourage” direct foreign investment in the United States?
The United States welcomes foreign investment but does nothing to overtly attract or discourage it. Through the policy of “National Treatment,” foreign investors are offered the same conditions, rights and benefits associated with investing in the United States as an American investor can expect to receive. In keeping with this policy, zones encourage foreign and domestic investment by removing a tariff bias that unintentionally discourages investment in the U.S. and encourages supplying the U.S. market from off-shore.
