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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

 

Trade Policy Staff Committee; Public Comments on U.S. 
Negotiations With the People's Republic of China (CHINA) Regarding Its 
Accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the 
World Trade Organization (WTO)

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Trade Policy Staff Committee 
(TPSC) is requesting written public comments with respect to market 
access issues, particularly tariffs and non-tariff measures and 
services, related to China's participation in the GATT and the WTO. 
Comments received will be considered by the Executive Branch in 
developing the U.S. position and objectives for the bilateral and 
multilateral negotiations that will determine the terms of GATT/WTO 
accession for China.

DATES: Public comments on the GATT/WTO market access issues are due by 
noon July 13, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 600 17th Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Office of GATT Affairs, Barbara 
Chattin, Director for Tariff Negotiations (telephone: 202-395-5097) or 
Cecilia Leahy Klein, Director for GATT Affairs (telephone: 202-395-
3063), Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 600 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chairman of the Trade Policy Staff 
Committee invites written comments from the public on the market 
access-related issues to be addressed in the course of negotiations 
with China for its accession to the GATT and the WTO. These terms will 
be negotiated in bilateral meetings with government representatives and 
in meetings of the Working Party, established by the Contracting 
Parties to the GATT to conduct the negotiations.

    The Committee is seeking public comments on the possible effect on 
U.S. trade of China's accession to the GATT/WTO, with particular 
reference to any trade measures applied by China that could be subject 
to the provisions of the GATT or the WTO, particularly market access 
issues. Public comments on market access issues related to China's GATT 
accession were requested in August 1988.
    All comments will be considered in developing the U.S. position and 
objectives for an eventual request of the Chinese government related to 
market access (tariff rates and non-tariff measures) concerning the 
establishment of schedules for market access in the areas of 
agriculture, industrial goods, and services. Information on products or 
practices subject to these negotiations should include, whenever 
appropriate, the import or export tariff classification number used by 
China for the product concerned.
    Persons submitting written comments should provide a statement, in 
twenty copies, by noon, Wednesday, July 13, 1994 to Carolyn Frank, TPSC 
Secretary, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Room 414, 600 17th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20506. Non-confidential information received 
will be available for public inspection by appointment, in the USTR 
Reading Room, 600 17th Street NW., Room 101, Washington, DC, Monday 
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For an 
appointment call Brenda Webb on 202-395-6186. Business confidential 
information will be subject to the requirements of 15 CFR Sec. 2003.6. 
Any business confidential material must be clearly marked as such on 
the cover letter or page and each succeeding page, and must be 
accompanied by a non-confidential summary thereof. (Authority: 15 CFR 
2002.2)
Frederick L. Montgomery,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-15164 Filed 6-21-94; 8:45 am]
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