[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 151 (Friday, August 4, 2000)]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Notice of Request for Public Comment on the Andean Trade 
Preferences Act: Report to Congress

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION:  Notice and solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is seeking the views 
of interested parties on the operation of the Andean Trade Preference 
Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.) (``the ATPA''). Section 203(f) 
as amended requires the President to submit a report to the Congress 
regarding the operation of the ATPA on or before January 31, 2001, 
following the ninth anniversary of the enactment of the ATPA. The TPSC 
invites written comments concerning the issues to be examined in 
preparing such a report, including the considerations described in 
subsections 203(c) and (d) of the ATPA.

DATES: Public comments are due at USTR by September 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 600 17th Street 
NW., Room 523, Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bennett Harman, Deputy Assistant U.S. 
Trade Representative for Latin America, Office of the Western 
Hemisphere, Office of the United States Trade Representative, (202) 
395-5190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This report is the last one required of the 
Administration before the program's expiration on December 4, 2001. 
Renewal of the program will be considered in 2001. Interested parties 
are invited to submit comments on any aspect of the program's 
operation, including the status of beneficiary countries--Bolivia, 
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru--under the criteria described in 
subsections 203(c) and (d) of the ATPA, 19 U.S.C. 3202(c) and (d). 
Issues to be examined in this report include: The program's effect on 
the volume and composition of trade and investment between the United 
States and the Andean beneficiary countries; its effect on the economic 
growth and development of the beneficiary countries; the extent to 
which the program has advanced narcotics eradication through 
sustainable alternative development efforts in coca-growing areas; and 
the degree to which the program has encouraged the trade and investment 
policies cited in the ATPA.

Written Notice

    Persons submitting written comments should provide a statement in 
twenty copies, no later than 5 p.m., September 8, 2000, to Gloria Blue, 
Executive Secretary, TPSC, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 
Room 122, 600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. Non-confidential 
information received will be available for public inspection by 
appointment, in the USTR Reading Room, Room 101, 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. All submissions must be in English and should 
conform to the information requirements of 15 CFR part 2003. 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.

Peter F. Allgeier,
Associate U.S. Trade Representative for the Western Hemisphere.
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