[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 137 (Monday, July 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 34334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13590]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Status of Algeria Under the Tariff Act of 1930, as Amended

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: For purposes of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act), the 
U.S. Trade Representative has determined that Algeria is not a 
``Subsidies Agreement country''.

DATES: This determination is applicable on July 15, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Gagain, Senior Associate 
General Counsel, 202.395.9529, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) is conducting 
a countervailing duty investigation on steel concrete reinforcing bar 
from Algeria. With respect to that investigation, the Commission on 
June 13, 2025, asked the U.S. Trade Representative to advise whether 
Algeria qualifies as a ``Subsidies Agreement country'' within the 
meaning of Section 701(b) of the Act, for purposes of Section 701(c) 
(19 U.S.C. 1671(b)-(c)). Under Section 1-103(b) of Executive Order 
12188 of January 2, 1980, the President delegated the functions under 
section 2(b) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 and Section 701(b) of 
the Act to the U.S. Trade Representative, who exercises this delegated 
authority with the advice of the Trade Policy Committee.

II. Determination

    The U.S. Trade Representative, in conformance with Section 2(b) of 
the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 and Section 701(b) of the Act, and 
Section 1-103(b) of Executive Order 12188, and after seeking the advice 
of the Trade Policy Committee, has determined that:
    1. Pursuant to section 701(b)(1) of the Act, Algeria is not a World 
Trade Organization Member country;
    2. Pursuant to section 701(b)(2) of the Act, Algeria has not 
assumed any obligations with respect to the United States that are 
substantially equivalent to the obligations under the World Trade 
Organization Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures; and
    3. Pursuant to section 701(b)(3) of the Act, there is no agreement 
in effect between the United States and Algeria that was in force on 
the date of the enactment of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, which 
requires unconditional most-favored-nation treatment with respect to 
articles imported into the United States, and which does not expressly 
permit either:
    (i) actions required or permitted by the GATT 1947 or GATT 1994, as 
defined in Section 2(1) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, or 
required by the Congress; or
    (ii) nondiscriminatory prohibitions or restrictions on importation 
which are designed to prevent deceptive or unfair practices.
    Therefore, Algeria is not a ``Subsidies Agreement country'' within 
the meaning of section 701(b) of the Act.

Jennifer Thornton,
General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2025-13590 Filed 7-18-25; 8:45 am]
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