The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee is accepting input to assist the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in preparing its annual reports to Congress on China’s and Russia’s compliance with the commitments they made in connection with their accessions to the World Trade Organization. Input may be submitted on a range of topics, including the following.
- trading rights (China)
- import regulation (e.g., tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, quotas, import licenses)
- export regulation
- subsidies
- standards and technical regulations
- sanitary and phytosanitary measures
- trade-related investment measures (including local content requirements)
- taxes and charges levied on imports and exports
- other internal policies affecting trade
- intellectual property rights (including enforcement)
- services
- government procurement
- rule of law issues (e.g., transparency, judicial review, uniform administration of laws and regulations)
- trade facilitation (Russia)
In addition, with respect to China, USTR is particularly interested in unresolved compliance issues that warrant review and evaluation.
For China, a public hearing will be held Sept. 24 and written comments and requests to testify are due by Sept. 10. For Russia, a public hearing will be held Oct. 10 and written comments and requests to testify are due by Sept. 18.
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