WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding United States-Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain Products from China, 37730-37732 [2012-15375]
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Robert S. Kovac,
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Department of State.
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Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations:
‘‘Nomads and Networks: The Ancient
Art and Culture of Kazakhstan’’
Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: Pursuant to
the authority vested in me by the Act of
October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.
2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.
2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et
seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of
October 1, 1999, and Delegation of
Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000
(and, as appropriate, Delegation of
Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I
hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘Nomads and
Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture
of Kazakhstan,’’ imported from abroad
for temporary exhibition within the
United States, are of cultural
significance. The objects are imported
pursuant to loan agreements with the
foreign owners or custodians. I also
determine that the exhibition or display
of the exhibit objects at the Freer and
Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC, from on or
about August 11, 2012, until on or about
November 12, 2012, and at possible
additional exhibitions or venues yet to
be determined, is in the national
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Dated: June 14, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Dispute No. WTO/DS437]
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding
Regarding United States—
Countervailing Duty Measures on
Certain Products from China
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
[Public Notice 7928]
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For
further information, including a list of
the exhibit objects, contact Paul W.
Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of
the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The
mailing address is U.S. Department of
State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite
5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
AGENCY:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SUMMARY:
interest. I have ordered that Public
Notice of these Determinations be
published in the Federal Register.
The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is
providing notice that on May 25, 2012,
the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘China’’) requested consultations with
the United States under the Marrakesh
Agreement Establishing the World Trade
Organization (‘‘WTO Agreement’’)
concerning countervailing duty
determinations and orders by the
Department of Commerce (‘‘DOC’’) on
imports of the products from China
listed below. The request for
consultations may be found at
www.wto.org contained in a document
designated as WT/DS437/1. USTR
invites written comments from the
public concerning the issues raised in
this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any
comments received during the course of
the dispute settlement proceedings,
comments should be submitted on or
before July 22, 2012, to be assured of
timely consideration by USTR.
ADDRESSES: Public comments should be
submitted electronically to
www.regulations.gov, docket number
USTR–2012–0010. If you are unable to
provide submissions by
www.regulations.gov, please contact
Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to
arrange for an alternative method of
transmission.
SUMMARY:
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If (as explained below) the comment
contains confidential information, then
the comment should be submitted by
fax only to Sandy McKinzy at (202)
395–3640.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben
Kostrzewa, Assistant General Counsel,
Office of the United States Trade
Representative, 600 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395–9579.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USTR is
providing notice that consultations have
been requested pursuant to the WTO
Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes
(‘‘DSU’’). If such consultations should
fail to resolve the matter and a dispute
settlement panel is established pursuant
to the DSU, such panel, which would
hold its meetings in Geneva,
Switzerland, would be expected to issue
a report on its findings and
recommendations within nine months
after it is established.
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Major Issues Raised by China
On May 25, 2012, China requested
consultations concerning the
preliminary and final countervailing
duty determinations and countervailing
duty orders issued by the DOC on the
following imports from China:
Lightweight Thermal Paper
(Investigation C–570–921); Circular
Welded Austenitic Stainless Pressure
Pipe (Investigation C–570–931); Certain
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel
Line Pipe (Investigation C–570–936);
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
(Investigation C–570–938); Certain Tow
Behind Lawn Groomers and Certain
Parts Thereof (Investigation C–570–940);
Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and
Racks (Investigation C–570–942);
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods
(Investigation C–570–944); Pre-Stressed
Concrete Steel Wire Strand
(Investigation C–570–946); Certain Steel
Grating (Investigation C–570–948); Wire
Decking (Investigation C–570–950);
Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks
(Investigation C–570–955); Certain
Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel
Standard Line and Pressure Pipe
(Investigation C–570–957); Certain
Coated Paper Suitable for High-Quality
Print Graphics Using Sheet-Fed Presses
(Investigation C–570–959); Drill Pipe
(Investigation C–570–966); Aluminum
Extrusions (Investigation C–570–968);
Multilayered Wood Flooring
(Investigation C–570–971); Certain Steel
Wheels (Investigation C–570–974); Steel
Wire (Investigation C–570–976); High
Pressure Steel Cylinders (Investigation
C–570–978); Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not
Assembled Into Modules (Investigation
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C–570–980); Utility Scale Wind Towers
(Investigation C–570–982); and Drawn
Stainless Steel Sinks (Investigation C–
570–984) (together, the ‘‘challenged
determinations and orders’’). China
alleges that the United States acted
inconsistently with Article VI of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1994 (‘‘GATT 1994’’); Articles 1, 2, 10,
11, 12, 14, and 32 the Agreement on
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
(‘‘SCM Agreement’’); and Article 15 the
Protocol on the Accession of the
People’s Republic of China (‘‘Protocol of
Accession’’). The challenged
determinations and orders are available
at the following web page of the
Department of Commerce: https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/.
China also states that it is requesting
consultations with respect to the
‘‘‘rebuttable presumption’ established
and applied by the USDOC, under
which the USDOC considers majority
government ownership of an enterprise
sufficient to determine that an
enterprise is a ‘public body’ within the
meaning of Article 1.1 of the SCM
Agreement, unless a party is able to
demonstrate that majority government
ownership does not result in ‘control’ of
the enterprise.’’
Public Comment: Requirements for
Submissions
Interested persons are invited to
submit written comments concerning
the issues raised in this dispute. Persons
may submit public comments
electronically to www.regulations.gov
docket number USTR–2012–0010. If you
are unable to provide submissions by
www.regulations.gov, please contact
Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to
arrange for an alternative method of
transmission.
To submit comments via
www.regulations.gov, enter docket
number USTR–2012–0010 on the home
page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will
provide a search-results page listing all
documents associated with this docket.
Find a reference to this notice by
selecting ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document
Type’’ on the left side of the searchresults page, and click on the link
entitled ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ (for
further information on using the
www.regulations.gov Web site, please
consult the resources provided on the
Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to Use
This Site’’ on the left side of the home
page).
The www.regulations.gov site
provides the option of providing
comments by filling in a ‘‘Type
Comments’’ field, or by attaching a
document using an ‘‘upload file’’ field.
It is expected that most comments will
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be provided in an attached document. If
a document is attached, it is sufficient
to type ‘‘See attached’’ in the ‘‘Type
Comments’’ field.
A person requesting that information
contained in a comment submitted by
that person be treated as confidential
business information must certify that
such information is business
confidential and would not customarily
be released to the public by the
submitter. Confidential business
information must be clearly designated
as such and the submission must be
marked ‘‘Business Confidential’’ at the
top and bottom of the cover page and
each succeeding page. Any comment
containing business confidential
information must be submitted by fax to
Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–3640. A
non-confidential summary of the
confidential information must be
submitted to www.regulations.gov. The
non-confidential summary will be
placed in the docket and open to public
inspection.
Information or advice contained in a
comment submitted, other than business
confidential information, may be
determined by USTR to be confidential
in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that
information or advice may qualify as
such, the submitter:
(1) Must clearly so designate the
information or advice;
(2) Must clearly mark the material as
‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’at the
top and bottom of the cover page and
each succeeding page; and
(3) Must provide a non-confidential
summary of the information or advice.
Any comment containing confidential
information must be submitted by fax. A
non-confidential summary of the
confidential information must be
submitted to www.regulations.gov. The
non-confidential summary will be
placed in the docket and open to public
inspection. Pursuant to section 127(e) of
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19
U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will maintain a
docket on this dispute settlement
proceeding accessible to the public at
www.regulations.gov, docket number
USTR–2012–0010.
The public file will include nonconfidential comments received by
USTR from the public with respect to
the dispute. If a dispute settlement
panel is convened or in the event of an
appeal from such a panel, the U.S.
submissions, any non-confidential
submissions, or non-confidential
summaries of submissions, received
from other participants in the dispute,
will be made available to the public on
USTR’s Web site at www.ustr.gov, and
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the report of the panel, and, if
applicable, the report of the Appellate
Body, will be available on the Web site
of the World Trade Organization,
www.wto.org. Comments open to public
inspection may be viewed on the
www.regulations.gov Web site.
Bradford L. Ward,
Assistant United States Trade Representative
for Monitoring and Enforcement.
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the Air Transport Agreement Between
the United States and the European
Community and the Member States of
the European Community to enable HLE
to engage in the same air transportation
described above.
Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2012–15234 Filed 6–21–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
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Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)
During the Week Ending June 9, 2012
The following Applications for
Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier
Permits were filed under Subpart B
(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department
of Transportation’s Procedural
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et
seq.). The due date for Answers,
Conforming Applications, or Motions
To Modify Scope are set forth below for
each application. Following the Answer
period DOT may process the application
by expedited procedures. Such
procedures may consist of the adoption
of a show-cause order, a tentative order,
or in appropriate cases a final order
without further proceedings.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2003–
16316.
Date Filed: June 7, 2012.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion To Modify
Scope: June 28, 2012.
Description: Application of HapagLloyd Executive GmbH (‘‘HLE’’)
requesting a renewal of exemption
authority to engage in: (i) Foreign
charter air transportation of persons,
property and mail from any point or
points behind any Member State of the
European Union via any point or points
in any Member State and via
intermediate points to any point or
points in the United States and beyond;
(ii) foreign charter air transportation of
persons, property, and mail between
any point or points in the United States
and any point or points in any member
of the European Common Aviation
Area; (iii) other charters; and (iv)
transportation authorized by any
additional route rights made available to
European Community carriers in the
future. HLE further requests issuance of
a foreign air carrier permit pursuant to
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Federal Aviation Administration
Fourteenth Meeting: RTCA Special
Committee 223, Airport Surface
Wireless Communications
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special
Committee 223, Airport Surface
Wireless Communications.
AGENCY:
The FAA is issuing this notice
to advise the public of the meeting of
RTCA Special Committee 223, Airport
Surface Wireless Communications.
DATES: The meeting will be held July
24–25, 2012, from 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite
910, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW.,
Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by
telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202)
833–9434, or Web site at https://
www.rtca.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby
given for a meeting of Special
Committee 223. The agenda will include
the following:
SUMMARY:
July 24, 2012
• Welcome, Introductions, and
Administrative Remarks by Special
Committee Leadership.
• Designated Federal Official (DFO):
Mr. Brent Phillips.
• Co-Chair: Mr. Aloke Roy,
Honeywell International.
• Co-Chair: Mr. Ward Hall, ITT–
Exelis.
• Agenda Overview.
• Review/Approve prior Plenary
meeting Summary and action item
status.
• General Presentations of interest.
• ICAO WG–S Status Aloke Roy.
• WiMAX Forum status WiMAX
Forum.
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• MSS interference analysis update
NASA.
• AT4 Wireless analysis and
recommendations.
• AeroMACS Profile CCB status Art
Ahrens.
• MOPS Status Rockwell Collins.
• Establish Agenda, Date and Place
for RTCA plenary meetings #15 and #16.
• Review of Meeting summary report.
• Adjourn—Plenary meeting.
July 25, 2012
MOPS WG Breakout Session
• Wednesday Morning—MOPS WG
Breakout Session.
• Detailed review of Sections 1, 2.1,
and 2.2.
• Wednesday Afternoon—MOPS WG
Breakout Session.
• Working session to review and
update section 2.3—Environmental
Conditions.
Attendance is open to the interested
public but limited to space availability.
With the approval of the chairman,
members of the public may present oral
statements at the meeting. Persons
wishing to present statements or obtain
information should contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section. Members of the public
may present a written statement to the
committee at any time. Issued in
Washington, DC, on June 15, 2012.
Kathy Hitt,
Program Analyst, Business Operations
Branch, Federal Aviation Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Fourteenth Meeting: RTCA Special
Committee 224, Audio Systems and
Equipment
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special
Committee 224, Audio Systems and
Equipment.
AGENCY:
The FAA is issuing this notice
to advise the public of the fourteenth
meeting of RTCA Special Committee
224, Audio Systems and Equipment.
DATES: The meeting will be held July 11,
2012, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite
910, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW.,
Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by
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TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Dispute No. WTO/DS437]
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding United States--
Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain Products from China
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative
(``USTR'') is providing notice that on May 25, 2012, the People's
Republic of China (``China'') requested consultations with the United
States under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade
Organization (``WTO Agreement'') concerning countervailing duty
determinations and orders by the Department of Commerce (``DOC'') on
imports of the products from China listed below. The request for
consultations may be found at www.wto.org contained in a document
designated as WT/DS437/1. USTR invites written comments from the public
concerning the issues raised in this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any comments received during the
course of the dispute settlement proceedings, comments should be
submitted on or before July 22, 2012, to be assured of timely
consideration by USTR.
ADDRESSES: Public comments should be submitted electronically to
www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2012-0010. If you are unable to
provide submissions by www.regulations.gov, please contact Sandy
McKinzy at (202) 395-9483 to arrange for an alternative method of
transmission.
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If (as explained below) the comment contains confidential
information, then the comment should be submitted by fax only to Sandy
McKinzy at (202) 395-3640.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Kostrzewa, Assistant General
Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395-9579.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USTR is providing notice that consultations
have been requested pursuant to the WTO Understanding on Rules and
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (``DSU''). If such
consultations should fail to resolve the matter and a dispute
settlement panel is established pursuant to the DSU, such panel, which
would hold its meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, would be expected to
issue a report on its findings and recommendations within nine months
after it is established.
Major Issues Raised by China
On May 25, 2012, China requested consultations concerning the
preliminary and final countervailing duty determinations and
countervailing duty orders issued by the DOC on the following imports
from China: Lightweight Thermal Paper (Investigation C-570-921);
Circular Welded Austenitic Stainless Pressure Pipe (Investigation C-
570-931); Certain Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe
(Investigation C-570-936); Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
(Investigation C-570-938); Certain Tow Behind Lawn Groomers and Certain
Parts Thereof (Investigation C-570-940); Certain Kitchen Appliance
Shelving and Racks (Investigation C-570-942); Certain Oil Country
Tubular Goods (Investigation C-570-944); Pre-Stressed Concrete Steel
Wire Strand (Investigation C-570-946); Certain Steel Grating
(Investigation C-570-948); Wire Decking (Investigation C-570-950);
Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks (Investigation C-570-955); Certain
Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard Line and Pressure Pipe
(Investigation C-570-957); Certain Coated Paper Suitable for High-
Quality Print Graphics Using Sheet-Fed Presses (Investigation C-570-
959); Drill Pipe (Investigation C-570-966); Aluminum Extrusions
(Investigation C-570-968); Multilayered Wood Flooring (Investigation C-
570-971); Certain Steel Wheels (Investigation C-570-974); Steel Wire
(Investigation C-570-976); High Pressure Steel Cylinders (Investigation
C-570-978); Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not
Assembled Into Modules (Investigation C-570-980); Utility Scale Wind
Towers (Investigation C-570-982); and Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks
(Investigation C-570-984) (together, the ``challenged determinations
and orders''). China alleges that the United States acted
inconsistently with Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade 1994 (``GATT 1994''); Articles 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 32 the
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (``SCM Agreement'');
and Article 15 the Protocol on the Accession of the People's Republic
of China (``Protocol of Accession''). The challenged determinations and
orders are available at the following web page of the Department of
Commerce: https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/.
China also states that it is requesting consultations with respect
to the ```rebuttable presumption' established and applied by the USDOC,
under which the USDOC considers majority government ownership of an
enterprise sufficient to determine that an enterprise is a `public
body' within the meaning of Article 1.1 of the SCM Agreement, unless a
party is able to demonstrate that majority government ownership does
not result in `control' of the enterprise.''
Public Comment: Requirements for Submissions
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning the issues raised in this dispute. Persons may submit public
comments electronically to www.regulations.gov docket number USTR-2012-
0010. If you are unable to provide submissions by www.regulations.gov,
please contact Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395-9483 to arrange for an
alternative method of transmission.
To submit comments via www.regulations.gov, enter docket number
USTR-2012-0010 on the home page and click ``search.'' The site will
provide a search-results page listing all documents associated with
this docket. Find a reference to this notice by selecting ``Notice''
under ``Document Type'' on the left side of the search-results page,
and click on the link entitled ``Submit a Comment'' (for further
information on using the www.regulations.gov Web site, please consult
the resources provided on the Web site by clicking on ``How to Use This
Site'' on the left side of the home page).
The www.regulations.gov site provides the option of providing
comments by filling in a ``Type Comments'' field, or by attaching a
document using an ``upload file'' field. It is expected that most
comments will be provided in an attached document. If a document is
attached, it is sufficient to type ``See attached'' in the ``Type
Comments'' field.
A person requesting that information contained in a comment
submitted by that person be treated as confidential business
information must certify that such information is business confidential
and would not customarily be released to the public by the submitter.
Confidential business information must be clearly designated as such
and the submission must be marked ``Business Confidential'' at the top
and bottom of the cover page and each succeeding page. Any comment
containing business confidential information must be submitted by fax
to Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395-3640. A non-confidential summary of the
confidential information must be submitted to www.regulations.gov. The
non-confidential summary will be placed in the docket and open to
public inspection.
Information or advice contained in a comment submitted, other than
business confidential information, may be determined by USTR to be
confidential in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that information
or advice may qualify as such, the submitter:
(1) Must clearly so designate the information or advice;
(2) Must clearly mark the material as ``SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE''at
the top and bottom of the cover page and each succeeding page; and
(3) Must provide a non-confidential summary of the information or
advice.
Any comment containing confidential information must be submitted
by fax. A non-confidential summary of the confidential information must
be submitted to www.regulations.gov. The non-confidential summary will
be placed in the docket and open to public inspection. Pursuant to
section 127(e) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)),
USTR will maintain a docket on this dispute settlement proceeding
accessible to the public at www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-
2012-0010.
The public file will include non-confidential comments received by
USTR from the public with respect to the dispute. If a dispute
settlement panel is convened or in the event of an appeal from such a
panel, the U.S. submissions, any non-confidential submissions, or non-
confidential summaries of submissions, received from other participants
in the dispute, will be made available to the public on USTR's Web site
at www.ustr.gov, and
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the report of the panel, and, if applicable, the report of the
Appellate Body, will be available on the Web site of the World Trade
Organization, www.wto.org. Comments open to public inspection may be
viewed on the www.regulations.gov Web site.
Bradford L. Ward,
Assistant United States Trade Representative for Monitoring and
Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2012-15375 Filed 6-21-12; 8:45 am]
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