[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6830]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Request for Public Comments on Potential Bilateral Textile 
Negotiations During 2001

March 14, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Announcement.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on categories for which 
consultations have been requested, refer to the Office of Textiles and 
Apparel website at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.
    The U.S. Government anticipates holding negotiations during 2001 
concerning expiring bilateral agreements concerning certain cotton, 
wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and 
textile products from Cambodia, China and Taiwan if they do not accede 
to the WTO this year. All three of these agreements expire on December 
31, 2001.
    Anyone wishing to comment or provide data or information regarding 
these agreements is invited to submit 10 copies of such comments or 
information to D. Michael Hutchinson, Acting Chairman, Committee for 
the Implementation of Textile Agreements, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Washington, DC 20230; ATTN: Becky Geiger. Because the exact timing of 
the consultations is not yet certain, comments should be submitted 
promptly.
    Comments or information submitted in response to this notice will 
be available for public inspection in the Office of Textiles and 
Apparel, room H3100, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    Further comment may be invited regarding particular comments or 
information received from the public which the Committee for the 
Implementation of Textile Agreements considers appropriate for further 
consideration.
    The solicitation of comments is not a waiver in any respect of the 
exemption to the rulemaking provisions contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) 
relating to matters which constitute ``a foreign affairs function of 
the United States.''

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 01-6830 Filed 3-19-01; 8:45 am]
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