[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 230 (Thursday, December 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73748-73749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25915]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Docket No. 221117-0245]
XRIN 0694-XC093


Request for Public Comments Regarding Areas and Priorities for 
U.S. and Japan Export Control Cooperation for the Japan-U.S. Commercial 
and Industrial Partnership Export Control Working Group

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of inquiry, request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) requests public 
comments regarding areas and priorities for U.S. and Japan export 
control cooperation to help inform the work of the Japan-U.S. 
Commercial and Industrial Partnership (JUCIP) Export Control Working 
Group. Comments should address ways in which existing U.S. and/or 
Japanese dual-use export control policies and practices may be more 
transparent, more efficient and effective, and more convergent, 
including in identifying and controlling emerging or foundational 
technologies, and in better facilitating research collaboration between 
Japan and U.S. research organizations.

DATES: Comments must be received by BIS January 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this rule may be submitted to the Federal 
rulemaking portal (www.regulations.gov). The regulations.gov ID for 
this rule is BIS-2022-0029. All relevant comments (including any 
personally identifying information) will be made available for public 
inspection and copying. All filers

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using the portal should use the name of the person or entity submitting 
the comments as the name of their files.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eileen Albanese, Director, Office of 
National Security and Technology Transfer Controls, Bureau of Industry 
and Security, Department of Commerce, by phone at (202) 482-0092, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 15, 2021, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Japan's 
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Minister Koichi Hagiuda 
issued a joint-statement establishing the Japan-U.S. Commercial and 
Industrial Partnership (JUCIP), available at https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2021/11/joint-statement-between-department-commerce-secretary-gina-raimondo-and. Together, the United States and 
Japan account for 30 percent of global GDP, with U.S.-Japan two-way 
trade in goods and services amounting to $252.2 billion in 2020. In 
view of this, the JUCIP serves as a forum for the United States and 
Japan to coordinate approaches to key global trade, economic, and 
technology issues, and to deepen transpacific trade and economic 
relations based on shared democratic values.
    The main goals of the JUCIP are to strengthen the competitiveness, 
resiliency, and security of both economies; to address shared global 
challenges such as climate change; and to achieve prosperity and 
maintain a free and fair economic order. The JUCIP's four working 
groups provide a framework for promoting investment and vitalizing 
cooperation between the private sectors of both countries; advancing 
innovation in areas such as digital and advanced technologies; 
promoting the resiliency of supply chains for semiconductors, 5G, and 
other vital industry segments; strengthening collaboration in the 
protection of critical technologies and the development of 
infrastructure; addressing market-distorting measures to counter unfair 
trade practices; and placing a priority on promoting the development 
and use of clean energy and related technologies. With a view to 
building upon the two countries' strong and vibrant commercial and 
industrial relationship, the Secretary and the Minister also committed 
to ensuring active stakeholder involvement and maintaining robust 
engagement under the JUCIP to achieve commercially meaningful outcomes.
    On May 4, 2022, Secretary Raimondo and Minister Hagiuda held the 
first Ministerial meeting of the JUCIP. They reaffirmed that deeper 
cooperation on commercial and industrial issues is critical to 
responding to threats to the global economic order and reviewed 
progress made to date under the JUCIP. For the Export Control Working 
Group, this includes: the joint establishment of a Work Plan on Export 
Control Cooperation, which will further strengthen technical 
consultations on current and possible future legislative and regulatory 
developments, sensitive dual-use technologies, and advanced 
technologies that may be used for human rights violations or abuses; 
identification of specific actions to be considered by both sides in 
2022 and beyond, to advance export control cooperation with a view 
toward enhancing international security while maintaining a level 
playing field for industry; and joint initiation of a process to 
solicit inputs from a wide range of stakeholders from both country's 
industries on the export control issues. On July 29, 2022, at the first 
meeting of the Economic Policy Consultative Committee held by Secretary 
Gina Raimondo, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Minister Koichi 
Hagiuda, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi, they 
welcomed the progress of, and reaffirmed, to continue joint efforts to 
enhance U.S.-Japan cooperation on export control, including that under 
the JUCIP.
    In furtherance of Secretary Raimondo and Minister Hagiuda's 
commitment to ensuring active stakeholder involvement in the JUCIP and 
the Export Control Working Group's agreement to solicit inputs from a 
wide range of stakeholders on export control issues, the Bureau of 
Industry and Security (BIS) is seeking comments on ways in which 
existing U.S. and/or Japanese dual-use export control policies and 
practices may be more transparent, more efficient and effective, and 
more convergent, including in identifying and controlling emerging or 
foundational technologies, and in better facilitating research 
collaboration between Japan and U.S. research organizations. BIS 
welcomes inputs from all interested persons to assist BIS in developing 
ideas and proposals, as well as facilitate a productive dialogue with 
Japan. Comments providing specific and concrete examples where further 
convergence in U.S. and Japanese export control practices and policies 
could enhance international security and support a global level-playing 
field and joint technology development and innovation, would be 
particularly helpful.

Thea D. Rozman Kendler,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-25915 Filed 11-30-22; 8:45 am]
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