[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 135 (Friday, July 15, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-17365]
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[Federal Register: July 15, 1994]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Identification of Priority Practices; Request For Public Comment
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Request for written submissions from the public on practices
that should be considered with respect to identification of priority
foreign country practices under Executive Order 12901 of March 3, 1994
(59 FR 10727).
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SUMMARY: Executive Order 12901 requires the United States Trade
Representative (USTR) to review United States trade expansion
priorities and to identify priority foreign country practices, the
elimination of which is likely to have the most significant potential
to increase United States exports, either directly or through the
establishment of a beneficial precedent. USTR is requesting written
submissions from the public concerning foreign countries' practices
that should be considered by the USTR for this purpose.
DATES: Submissions must be received on or before 12:00 noon on Friday,
August 5, 1994.
ADDRESS: 600 17th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20506.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irving Williamson, Deputy General
Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative, (202) 395-
3150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1 of E.O. 12901 requires the USTR,
no later than September 30, 1994, to review United States trade
expansion priorities and identify foreign country practices, the
elimination of which is likely to have the most significant potential
to increase United States exports, either directly or through the
establishment of a beneficial precedent. A report on the practices
identified must be submitted to the Committee on Finance of the Senate
and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives,
and published in the Federal Register. Section 2 of E.O. 12091 requires
the Trade Representative to initiate investigations under section
302(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 as amended (19 U.S.C. 2412(b)(1)),
no later than October 21, 1994, with respect to all of the foreign
country practices so identified.
Requirements for Submissions
USTR invites submissions on foreign country practices that should
be considered for identification under E.O. 12901. Submissions should
indicate whether the foreign practice at issue was identified in the
1994 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report published in April 1994 by
USTR (GPO 1994-366-989/10218), and if so, should cite the page
number(s) where it appears in the NTE and provide any additional
information considered relevant. If the foreign practice was not
identified in the 1994 NTE Report, submissions should (1) include
information on the nature and significance of the foreign practice; (2)
identify the United States product, service, intellectual property
right, or foreign direct investment matter which is affected by it; and
(3) provide any other information considered relevant. Such information
may include information on the trade agreements to which a foreign
country is a party and its compliance with those agreements; the
medium- and long-term implications of foreign government procurement
plans; and the international competitive position and export potential
of affected United States products and service. Because submissions
will be placed in a public file, open to public inspection at USTR,
business-confidential information should not be submitted.
Interested persons must provide twenty copies of any submission to
Dorothy Balaban, staff assistant to the Section 301 Committee, Room
222, 600 17th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20506, no later than 12:00
noon on Friday, August 5, 1994.
Public Inspection of Submissions
Within the business day of receipt, submissions will be placed in a
public file, open for inspection at the USTR Reading Room, in Room 101,
Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW,
Washington, D.C. An appointment to review the file may be made by
calling Brenda Webb, (202) 395-6186. The USTR Reading Room is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Irving A. Williamson,
Chairman, Section 301 Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-17365 Filed 7-14-94; 8:45 am]
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