USTR Set for GSP Hearing After Stakeholders Plead for CNL Waivers, Cotton Designations
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is readying to hold an Aug. 11 hearing on competitive needs limitations and proposed designations for cotton products, and stakeholders submitted a range of comments in recent days (here). Those comments were due…
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on July 31 in accordance with USTR’s deadlines for the review (see 1507060025). In the comments, industry and government officials pressured the agency to preserve CNLs for a long list of products, from Thai coconuts to Indian gold rope necklaces to Turkish copper. The National Cotton Council expressed support for GSP-eligibility for certain cotton of various specific staple lengths (not carded or combed), certain cotton card strips made from cotton waste and certain cotton fibers (carded or combed) that originate in least developed beneficiary developing countries. The Malawian government also pushed USTR to admit those cotton products. A number of other stakeholders submitted comments.