USTR Issues Comment Request For Trade And Investment Barrier Report
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued on Aug. 16 a request for comment on U.S. export and foreign direct investment barriers, in preparation for release its annual National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. The report is slated for publication in 2014. The comments, due by Oct. 22, should focus on import policies, government procurement restrictions, export subsidies, lack of intellectual property protection, services barriers, investment barriers, government-tolerated anti-competitive conduct that hurts U.S. business interests, trade restrictions impacting electronic commerce, and other barriers, such as corruption.
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USTR encourages interested parties to submit comments via www.regulations.gov, using docket number USTR-2013-0027. For information on alternative submission methods, contact Yvonne Jamison at 202-395-3475. USTR intends to publish the NTE report in conjunction with reports on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures and standards-related measures. The office will issue comment requests for those reports at a later date.
(Federal Register 08/19/13)