USTR to Hold Hearing on Potential GSP Changes July 2

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will hold a public hearing July 2 at 1:30 p.m. on product addition and removal petitions and competitive need limitation (CNL) waiver petitions submitted as part of the 2019 Generalized System of Preferences review, it said in a notice. The hearing will fall the same day as an International Trade Commission hearing on the economic effects of the potential GSP changes, which include the removal of two country-product pairs from the program, waivers of CNLs for two country-product pairs and the re-addition of four country-product pairs to the program (see 1906090007). Pre-hearing comments and briefs for USTR are due June 26, and the deadline for post-hearing comments for USTR is Aug. 15, USTR said. The effective date for any modifications resulting from the 2019 GSP review will be Nov. 1, 2019, the agency said.