Establishment of the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center, 12981-12983 [2012-5366]

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 12981-12983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5366]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 43 / Monday, March 5, 2012 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13601 of February 28, 2012

                
Establishment of the Interagency Trade 
                Enforcement Center

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and in order to advance U.S. foreign policy 
                and protect the national and economic security of the 
                United States through strengthened and coordinated 
                enforcement of U.S. trade rights under international 
                trade agreements and enforcement of domestic trade 
                laws, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Policy. Robust monitoring and enforcement of 
                U.S. rights under international trade agreements, and 
                enforcement of domestic trade laws, are crucial to 
                expanding exports and ensuring U.S. workers, 
                businesses, ranchers, and farmers are able to compete 
                on a level playing field with foreign trade partners. 
                To strengthen our capacity to monitor and enforce U.S. 
                trade rights and domestic trade laws, and thereby 
                enhance market access for U.S. exporters, executive 
                departments and agencies (agencies) must coordinate and 
                augment their efforts to identify and reduce or 
                eliminate foreign trade barriers and unfair foreign 
                trade practices to ensure that U.S. workers, 
                businesses, ranchers, and farmers receive the maximum 
                benefit from our international trade agreements and 
                under domestic trade laws.

                Sec. 2. Establishment. (a) There is established within 
                the Office of the United States Trade Representative 
                (USTR) an Interagency Trade Enforcement Center 
                (Center).

                    (b) The Center shall coordinate matters relating to 
                enforcement of U.S. trade rights under international 
                trade agreements and enforcement of domestic trade laws 
                among USTR and the following agencies:

(i) the Department of State;

(ii) the Department of the Treasury;

(iii) the Department of Justice;

(iv) the Department of Agriculture;

(v) the Department of Commerce;

(vi) the Department of Homeland Security;

(vii) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and

(viii) other agencies as the President, or the United States Trade 
Representative, may designate.

                    In matters relating to the enforcement of U.S. 
                trade rights involving intellectual property rights, 
                the Center shall consult with the Intellectual Property 
                Enforcement Coordinator.
                    (c) The Center shall have a Director, who shall be 
                a full-time senior-level official of USTR, designated 
                by and reporting to the United States Trade 
                Representative. The Center shall have a Deputy 
                Director, who shall be a full-time senior-level 
                official of the Department of Commerce, designated by 
                the Secretary of Commerce, detailed to the Center and 
                reporting to the Director. The Center shall also have 
                an Intelligence Community Liaison, who shall be a full-
                time senior-level official of the Federal Government 
                recommended by the Director of National Intelligence 
                and designated by his or her agency, as applicable, to 
                be detailed or assigned to the Center.
                    (d) To the extent permitted by law and subject to 
                the availability of appropriations, and in consultation 
                with the Director of the Center, agencies

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                enumerated in subsection (b) of this section, and 
                others in the Intelligence Community recommended by the 
                Director of National Intelligence, are encouraged to 
                detail or assign their employees to the Center without 
                reimbursement to support the mission and functions of 
                the Center as described in section 3 of this order.

                Sec. 3. Mission and Functions. The Center shall:

                    (a) serve as the primary forum within the Federal 
                Government for USTR and other agencies to coordinate 
                enforcement of U.S. trade rights under international 
                trade agreements and enforcement of domestic trade 
                laws;
                    (b) coordinate among USTR, other agencies with 
                trade related responsibilities, and the U.S. 
                Intelligence Community the exchange of information 
                related to potential violations of international trade 
                agreements by our foreign trade partners; and
                    (c) conduct outreach to U.S. workers, businesses, 
                and other interested persons to foster greater 
                participation in the identification and reduction or 
                elimination of foreign trade barriers and unfair 
                foreign trade practices.

                Sec. 4. Administration. (a) Funding and administrative 
                support for the Center shall be provided by USTR to the 
                extent permitted by law and subject to the availability 
                of appropriations.

                    (b) The United States Trade Representative, through 
                the Director of the Center, shall direct the work of 
                the Center in performing all of its functions under 
                this order.

                Sec. 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this order:

                    (a) the term ``U.S. trade rights'' means any right, 
                benefit or advantage to which the United States is 
                entitled under an international trade agreement and 
                that could be effectuated through the use of a dispute 
                settlement proceeding.
                    (b) the term ``domestic trade laws'' means any 
                trade remedies available under U.S. law, including, but 
                not limited to, sections 201, 301, 406, and 421 of the 
                Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2251, 2411, 
                2436, and 2451); sections 332 and 337 of the Tariff Act 
                of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1332 and 1337); section 
                281 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
                3571); and self-initiation of investigations under 
                Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671).

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                Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be 
                implemented consistent with applicable law and subject 
                to the availability of appropriations.

                    (b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to 
                impair or otherwise affect:

(i) authority granted by law, regulation, Executive Order, or Presidential 
Directive to an executive department, agency, or head thereof; or

(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    February 28, 2012.

[FR Doc. 2012-5366
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