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By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 29, 2005.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 05–13235 Filed 7–5–05; 8:45 am]
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[Investigation No. 332–468]
Economywide Simulation Modeling:
Technical Analysis of the Doha Round
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of investigation.
AGENCY:
DATES: Effective Date: June 24, 2005.
SUMMARY: Following receipt on May 25,
2005 of a request from the United States
Trade Representative (USTR) under
section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1332 (g)), the Commission
instituted investigation No. 332–468,
Economywide Simulation Modeling:
Technical Analysis of the Doha Round.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Project manager William Donnelly (202–
205–3225 or
william.donnelly@usitc.gov) Office of
Economics, or deputy project manager
David Ingersoll (202–205–2218 or
dave.ingersoll@usitc.gov) Office of
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Industries, U.S. United International
Trade Commission, Washington, DC
20436. General information concerning
the Commission may be obtained by
accessing its Internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). For information on legal
aspects of the investigation, contact
William Gearhart of the Commission’s
Office of the General Counsel (202–205–
3091 or william.gearhart@usitc.gov).
The media should contact Margaret
O’Laughlin, Office of Public Affairs
(202–205–1819 or
margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov).
Background: As requested by the
USTR, the Commission will provide an
economy-wide analysis of the economic
effects of selected prospective results of
the World Trade Organizations (WTO)
Doha Round of trade negotiations.
Specifically, the Commission will
provide the following in its report:
(1) Changes in production,
consumption, trade, and prices that may
be associated with the Doha Round,
with regional and sectoral aggregations
appropriate to illustrate those changes;
and
(2) The trade liberalization scenarios
associated with those regional and
sectoral aggregations.
As requested, the Commission will
provide those estimates, to the extent
possible, for scenarios that reflect a
range of possible outcomes with respect
to market access for all products and
trade-distorting domestic assistance
programs and export subsidies related to
agriculture, to be informed by the ‘‘July
package’’ agreed to by the WTO’s
General Council on August 1, 2004.
The USTR stated that the
Administration is conducting an
environmental review of WTO
multilateral trade negotiations known as
the Doha Round and that the
Commission’s report would assist the
Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) in
conducting an environmental review.
For information and background on
USTR environmental reviews, see
https://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Sectors/
Environment/Section_Index.html.
As requested, the Commission will
provide its report not later than 10
months after receipt of the request, or by
March 27, 2006. The USTR has directed
that the Commission mark or identify as
‘‘confidential’’ the Commission’s
analytical products, as well as
associated working papers in this
investigation. The letter also stated that
USTR considers the Commission’s
analytical products to be inter-agency
memoranda that will contain predecisional advice subject to the
deliberative process privilege.
Accordingly, the Commission does not
plan to issue a public report.
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Written Submissions: The
Commission does not plan to hold a
public hearing in connection with the
preparation of this report. However,
interested persons are invited to submit
written statements concerning the
matters to be addressed in the report.
All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary, United
States International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW., Washington, DC
20436. To be assured of consideration
by the Commission, written statements
relating to the Commission’s report
should be submitted to the Commission
at the earliest practical date and should
be received no later than the close of
business on November 30, 2005. All
written submissions must conform with
the provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8
of the rules requires that a signed
original (or a copy designated as an
original) and fourteen (14) copies of
each document be filed. In the event
that confidential treatment of the
document is requested, at least four (4)
additional copies must be filed, in
which the confidential business
information (CBI) must be deleted (see
the following paragraph for further
information regarding CBI). The
Commission’s rules do not authorize
filing submissions with the Secretary by
facsimile or electronic means, except to
the extent permitted by section 201.8 of
the rules (see Handbook for Electronic
Filing Procedures, ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/
pub/reports/
electronic_filing_handbook.pdf).
Persons with questions regarding
electronic filing should contact the
Secretary (202–205–2000 or
edis@usitc.gov).
Any submissions that contain CBI
must also conform with the
requirements of section 201.6 of the
Commission’s rules (19 CFR 201.6).
Section 201.6 of the rules requires that
the cover of the document and the
individual pages clearly be marked as to
whether they are the ‘‘confidential’’ or
‘‘nonconfidential’’ version, and that the
CBI be clearly identified by means of
brackets. All written submissions,
except for CBI, will be made available
for inspection by interested parties.
The Commission may include any CBI
received in the confidential report it
sends to the USTR. Should the
Commission at a later date make its
report available to the public, any CBI
received by the Commission in this
investigation will not be published in
that report in a manner that would
reveal the operations of the firm
supplying the information.
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The public record for this
investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that
information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
Issued: June 29, 2005.
By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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[Inv. Nos. 701–TA–430B and 731–TA–1019B]
Hard Red Spring Wheat From Canada;
Notice and Scheduling of Remand
Proceeding
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. International Trade
Commission (the Commission) hereby
gives notice of proceedings in the
remand investigation ordered by a
binational panel established under
Article 1904 of the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Hard Red
Spring Wheat from Canada, Inv. Nos.
701–TA–430B and 731–TA–1019B
(Final).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher J. Cassise, Office of
Investigations, telephone 202–708–5408
or Michael Diehl, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, telephone (202) 205–
3095, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons are advised that
information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
205–1810. The public record for this
investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
Internet server (https://www.usitc.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In October 2003, the Commission
determined, by a two-to-two vote, that
an industry in the United States was
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materially injured by reason of subject
imports of hard red spring wheat from
Canada. On June 7, 2005, a binational
panel formed under Article 1904 of the
NAFTA issued a decision in its review
of the Commission’s determination. The
panel remanded the determination to
the Commission with an order to take
further action consistent with its
instructions. The Commission is
directed to issue its remand
determination within 90 days of the
issuance of the Panel’s decision, i.e., by
September 6, 2005.
Reopening the Record
In order to assist it in making its
determination on remand, the
Commission is reopening the record in
this investigation to seek additional
information with respect to certain of
the instructions provided by the panel.
Participation in the Remand
Proceedings
Only those interested parties who
were parties to the original
investigations (i.e., persons listed on the
Commission Secretary’s service list)
may participate in this remand
proceeding. No additional filings with
the Commission will be necessary for
these parties to participate in the
remand proceeding. Business
proprietary information (BPI) obtained
during the remand proceeding will be
governed, as appropriate, by the
administrative protective order (APO)
issued in the original investigations.
(Parties who participated in the original
investigation, if no longer covered by
the APO, are directed to contact the
Commission Secretary.)
Written Submissions
Information obtained during the
remand investigation will be released to
the parties under the administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) issued in the
original investigations on or about July
19, 2005. The remand staff report will
be placed in the nonpublic record on
August 1, 2005, and a public version
will be issued thereafter, pursuant to
section 207.22 of the Commission’s
rules. Parties that are participating in
the remand proceedings may file
comments on or before August 8, 2005
with respect to how the record, as
supplemented, bears on the issues
presented by the panel’s remand
instructions.
No additional factual information may
be included in such comments.
Comments shall not exceed 30 pages of
textual material, double-spaced and
single-sided, on stationery measuring
81⁄2 x 11 inches.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-468]
Economywide Simulation Modeling: Technical Analysis of the Doha
Round
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of investigation.
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DATES: Effective Date: June 24, 2005.
SUMMARY: Following receipt on May 25, 2005 of a request from the United
States Trade Representative (USTR) under section 332(g) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332 (g)), the Commission instituted
investigation No. 332-468, Economywide Simulation Modeling: Technical
Analysis of the Doha Round.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project manager William Donnelly (202-
205-3225 or william.donnelly@usitc.gov) Office of Economics, or deputy
project manager David Ingersoll (202-205-2218 or
dave.ingersoll@usitc.gov) Office of Industries, U.S. United
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20436. General
information concerning the Commission may be obtained by accessing its
Internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). For information on legal
aspects of the investigation, contact William Gearhart of the
Commission's Office of the General Counsel (202-205-3091 or
william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media should contact Margaret
O'Laughlin, Office of Public Affairs (202-205-1819 or
margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov).
Background: As requested by the USTR, the Commission will provide
an economy-wide analysis of the economic effects of selected
prospective results of the World Trade Organizations (WTO) Doha Round
of trade negotiations. Specifically, the Commission will provide the
following in its report:
(1) Changes in production, consumption, trade, and prices that may
be associated with the Doha Round, with regional and sectoral
aggregations appropriate to illustrate those changes; and
(2) The trade liberalization scenarios associated with those
regional and sectoral aggregations.
As requested, the Commission will provide those estimates, to the
extent possible, for scenarios that reflect a range of possible
outcomes with respect to market access for all products and trade-
distorting domestic assistance programs and export subsidies related to
agriculture, to be informed by the ``July package'' agreed to by the
WTO's General Council on August 1, 2004.
The USTR stated that the Administration is conducting an
environmental review of WTO multilateral trade negotiations known as
the Doha Round and that the Commission's report would assist the Trade
Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) in conducting an environmental review.
For information and background on USTR environmental reviews, see
https://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Sectors/Environment/Section_ Index.
html.
As requested, the Commission will provide its report not later than
10 months after receipt of the request, or by March 27, 2006. The USTR
has directed that the Commission mark or identify as ``confidential''
the Commission's analytical products, as well as associated working
papers in this investigation. The letter also stated that USTR
considers the Commission's analytical products to be inter-agency
memoranda that will contain pre-decisional advice subject to the
deliberative process privilege. Accordingly, the Commission does not
plan to issue a public report.
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Written Submissions: The Commission does not plan to hold a public
hearing in connection with the preparation of this report. However,
interested persons are invited to submit written statements concerning
the matters to be addressed in the report. All written submissions
should be addressed to the Secretary, United States International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. To be assured of
consideration by the Commission, written statements relating to the
Commission's report should be submitted to the Commission at the
earliest practical date and should be received no later than the close
of business on November 30, 2005. All written submissions must conform
with the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 of the rules
requires that a signed original (or a copy designated as an original)
and fourteen (14) copies of each document be filed. In the event that
confidential treatment of the document is requested, at least four (4)
additional copies must be filed, in which the confidential business
information (CBI) must be deleted (see the following paragraph for
further information regarding CBI). The Commission's rules do not
authorize filing submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or
electronic means, except to the extent permitted by section 201.8 of
the rules (see Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, ftp://
ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/electronic_filing_handbook.pdf). Persons
with questions regarding electronic filing should contact the Secretary
(202-205-2000 or edis@usitc.gov).
Any submissions that contain CBI must also conform with the
requirements of section 201.6 of the Commission's rules (19 CFR 201.6).
Section 201.6 of the rules requires that the cover of the document and
the individual pages clearly be marked as to whether they are the
``confidential'' or ``nonconfidential'' version, and that the CBI be
clearly identified by means of brackets. All written submissions,
except for CBI, will be made available for inspection by interested
parties.
The Commission may include any CBI received in the confidential
report it sends to the USTR. Should the Commission at a later date make
its report available to the public, any CBI received by the Commission
in this investigation will not be published in that report in a manner
that would reveal the operations of the firm supplying the information.
The public record for this investigation may be viewed on the
Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
Hearing-impaired individuals are advised that information on this
matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on
202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the
Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000.
Issued: June 29, 2005.
By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-13234 Filed 7-5-05; 8:45 am]
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