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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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