However, it also builds into itself reverse preferences — for example, eligibility restrictions based on the use of United States input.

Moreover, we must stop, or preferably reverse, the unfortunate trend in the overall level of humanitarian assistance.

Moreover, a recent analysis by the World Bank estimates that the benefit of the Act is significantly lowered by the presence of such reverse preferences.13 The benefit could be even less if the losses imposed by the trade-unrelated requirements (e.g., the acceptance of unsuitably excessive labour standards with a view to minimizing competition for United States producers) are taken into account.