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Terrorist groups need significant amounts of money to organize, recruit, train, & equip adherents. U.S. disruption of terrorist financing can raise the costs & risks & impede their success. This report: (1) provides an overview of U.S. gov't. efforts to combat terrorist financing abroad; & (2) examines U.S. gov't. efforts to coordinate training & technical assistance. It also examines specific accountability issues the Dept. of the Treasury faces in its efforts to block terrorists' assets held under U.S. jurisdiction. Includes recommendations.

The outcome of ongoing World Trade Org. (WTO) negotiations is vital to the U.S. economy, because trade with WTO members accounts for 1/5 of the U.S. GDP. The current round of trade negotiations -- the Doha Round -- was supposed to end by 1/05 with agree. on the key issues of ag., industrial market access, services, & to strengthen the trading system's contribution to economic development. Failure to reach any agree. at the last WTO meeting in 9/03, threatened the outcome; however, talks resumed in 2004, & a new conf. will convene in 12/05. This report assessed: (1) the status of the Doha Round negotiations, (2) progress on key negotiating issues, & (3) factors affecting progress toward concluding the negotiations. Charts & tables.

Between FY 2001 & 2004, the Continued Dumping & Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA) provided over $1 billion funded from import duties to U.S. co. deemed injured by unfair trade. Supporters state that CDSOA helps U.S. co. compete in the face of continuing unfair trade. Opponents state that CDSOA recipients receive a large, unjustified windfall from the U.S. treasury., Also, 11 WTO members lodged a complaint over the law. This report assesses: key legal require. guiding agency implementation of CDSOA; problems U.S. agencies have faced in implementing CDSOA; & which co. have received CDSOA payments & their effects for recipients & non-recipients; & describes the status of WTO decisions on CDSOA. Charts & tables.