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Amended Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is R–125 from China. We
are amending the scope of the CVD
investigation to conform with the scope
of the companion AD investigation, as
indicated below. Specifically, we are
preliminarily:
• Excluding R–125 contained in
blends that conform to American
National Standards Institute (ANSI)/
American Society of Heating,
Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 34.
• only covering R–125 contained in
blends not conforming to ANSI/
ASHRAE Standard 34 (i.e., unfinished
blends) when such blends contain
greater than 85 percent by volume on an
actual percentage basis of R–125.
• removing the word ‘‘current’’ from
the exclusion of merchandise subject to
the order on Hydrofluorocarbon Blends
from the People’s Republic of China.
• clarifying that the scope includes
purified and unpurified R–125 that is
processed in a third country as long as
such processing would not otherwise
remove the R–125 from the scope of the
investigation if performed in China.
• updating the applicable list of
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) codes for the
merchandise subject to the investigation
due to an update to the HTSUS that
occurred on July 1, 2021.
These preliminary scope
modifications were first enumerated in
the AD Preliminary Determination.3 For
a complete description of the amended
scope of this investigation, see the
appendix to this notice.
Suspension of Liquidation
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We have not revised the estimated
cash deposit rates published in the CVD
Preliminary Determination. In
accordance with section 703(d)(1)(B)
and (d)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), we will direct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
continue to suspend liquidation of
entries of subject merchandise as
described in the amended scope of the
investigation, entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register, and to
continue to require a cash deposit,
Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum at 5–6; see also
Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Investigations of Pentafluoroethane (R–125)
from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ dated August 10,
2021, which was placed on the records of the AD
and CVD investigations.
3 See AD Preliminary Determination, 86 FR at
45962.
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pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d).
Additionally, because certain products
are now excluded from the scope of the
investigation, Commerce will instruct
CBP to terminate suspension of
liquidation of those excluded products,
and to refund any cash deposits
previously posted with respect to them.
Public Comment
Commerce has set a separate deadline
for scope comments in the AD and CVD
R–125 investigation proceedings.4 The
current deadline for case briefs
regarding scope issues is 21 days after
the publication of the AD Preliminary
Determination, which is September 7,
2021, and the deadline for rebuttal
briefs regarding scope issues is seven
days after scope case briefs are due,
which is September 14, 2021.5 Pursuant
to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2),
parties who submit scope case briefs or
scope rebuttal briefs in this
investigation are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
For all scope issues, parties must file
separate and identical documents on the
records of both the AD and CVD
investigations. No new factual
information or proprietary information
should be included in the scope case
briefs and scope rebuttal briefs.
Notifications
In accordance with section 703(f) of
the Act, Commerce will notify the
International Trade Commission of its
amended determination. This
determination is issued and published
pursuant to sections 703(f) and 777(i) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: August 24, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix—Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise covered by this
investigation is pentafluoroethane (R–125), or
its chemical equivalent, regardless of form,
type or purity level. R–125 has the Chemical
Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number of
354–33–6 and the chemical formula C2HF5.
R–125 is also referred to as
Pentafluoroethane, Genetron HFC 125,
Khladon 125, Suva 125, Freon 125, and Fc–
125.
R–125 that has been blended with other
products is included within the scope if such
blends contain 85% or more by volume R–
125, on an actual percentage basis. However,
R–125 incorporated into a blend that
conforms to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34 is
4 Id.
5 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
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excluded from the scope of this investigation.
When R–125 is blended with other products
and otherwise falls under the scope of this
investigation, only the R–125 component of
the mixture is covered by the scope of this
investigation.
Subject merchandise also includes purified
and unpurified R–125 that is processed in a
third country or otherwise outside the
customs territory of the United States,
including, but not limited to, purifying,
blending, or any other processing that would
not otherwise remove the merchandise from
the scope of this investigation if performed
in the country of manufacture of the in-scope
R–125. The scope also includes R–125 that is
commingled with R–125 from sources not
subject to this investigation. Only the subject
component of such commingled products is
covered by the scope of this investigation.
Excluded from the scope is merchandise
covered by the scope of the antidumping
order on Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the
People’s Republic of China, including
merchandise subject to the affirmative anticircumvention determination in
Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People’s
Republic of China: Affirmative Final
Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty Order; Unfinished R–32/
R–125 Blends, 85 FR 15428 (March 18, 2020).
See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the
People’s Republic of China: Antidumping
Duty Order, 81 FR 55436 (August 19, 2016)
(the Blends Order).
R–125 is classified under Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheading 2903.39.2035 and 2903.39.2938.
Merchandise subject to the scope may also be
entered under HTSUS subheadings
2903.39.2045, 3824.78.0020, and
3824.78.0050. The HTSUS subheadings and
CAS registry number are provided for
convenience and customs purposes. The
written description of the scope of the
investigation is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Request for Comments on U.S. Clean
Technologies Export Competitiveness
Strategy
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
Recognizing the vital
importance of clean technologies in
tackling the global climate crisis and
spurring U.S. innovation and creating
well-paying jobs, the Department of
Commerce (DOC), in partnership with
the Office of the Special Presidential
Envoy for Climate (SPEC), has made it
a top priority to encourage growth and
ensure U.S. innovation and
competitiveness in clean technologies
SUMMARY:
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sectors. To that end, via this general
solicitation, the International Trade
Administration (ITA) is requesting
public comments on clean technologies
export competitiveness. This
stakeholder input will inform the
Department’s effort to develop a ‘‘U.S.
Clean Technologies Export
Competitiveness Strategy’’, which
intends to identify key issues
influencing the deployment of these
goods and services, highlight potential
opportunities and challenges, and
identify possible actions for the DOC
and federal government to take in order
to foster U.S. export competitiveness in
clean technologies sectors.
DATES: Comments will be considered on
a rolling basis but are due no later than
5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by ITA–2021–0005, by either
of the following methods:
• Online Submission (Strongly
Preferred): Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking
Portal. Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and enter ITA–
2021–0005 in the Search box. Click on
the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, complete the
required fields, and enter or attach your
comments.
• Email: cleantech@trade.gov.
Comments submitted by email should
be machine-readable and should not be
copy-protected.
Due to COVID–19 building closures,
we are currently temporarily not
accepting comments by mail. However,
if you are unable to comment via
regulations.gov, you may contact
cleantech@trade.gov for instructions on
submitting your comment.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by ITA. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change.
Commenters should include the name
of the person or organization filing the
comment. All personal identifying
information (for example, name,
address) voluntarily submitted by the
commenter may be publicly accessible.
ITA will not accept anonymous
comments.
For those seeking to submit
confidential business information (CBI)
for Government use only, please clearly
mark such submissions as CBI and
submit an accompanying redacted
version to be made public. CBI
comments can be submitted either
through www.regulations.gov (strongly
preferred) or by email.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Devin Horne, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Room 28018, Washington, DC
20230; telephone (202) 482–0775; email
cleantech@trade.gov. Please direct
media inquiries to ITA’s Office of Public
Affairs (202) 482–3809 or publicaffairs@
trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: On January 27, 2021,
President Biden issued Executive Order
14008, ‘‘Tackling the Climate Crisis at
Home and Abroad’’ (FRN Doc. 2021–
02177) (E.O. 14008). E.O. 14008 puts
climate considerations at the forefront of
United States foreign policy and
national security. The E.O. also directs
agencies that engage in extensive
international work to develop strategies
and implementation plans for
integrating climate considerations into
their international work. ITA intends to
integrate such considerations into its
export promotion work. President
Biden’s Build Back Better economic
recovery plan seeks to mobilize
American manufacturing and
innovation to ensure that the future is
made in all of America by all of
America’s workers. By mobilizing
American ingenuity to innovate and
develop clean technologies products
and services that can be deployed at
home and exported abroad, we can
ensure a just transition while mobilizing
a 21st century education workforce and
advancing racial equity and inclusion in
America.
Scope: Clean technologies is a broad
term that can encompass a range of
technologies used to address a variety of
environmental issues. For the purpose
of this request for public comment, ITA
is focused on both established and
emerging technologies, and their
associated goods and services, that can
contribute to a transition to net-zero
emissions by significantly removing or
reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions in a specific application
compared to existing, carbon-intensive
technology in the same application.
This notice serves as a general
solicitation for public comment and as
an initial step in improving ITA’s
understanding of the current
technological and policy landscape.
These technologies can be organized
by their ability to reduce GHG emissions
in broad economic sectors identified by
the United Nations Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change as major
contributors to global GHG emissions,
including:
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(1) Electricity and heat production (25
percent of global direct GHG
emissions)
(2) Agriculture, forestry, and other land
use (24 percent of global direct GHG
emissions)
(3) Industry (21 percent of global direct
GHG emissions)
(4) Transportation (14 percent of global
direct GHG emissions)
(5) Other energy emissions not directly
associated with electricity or heat
production, such as fuel extraction,
refining, processing, and
transportation (9.6 percent of global
direct GHG emissions)
(6) Buildings (6.4 percent of global
direct GHG emissions)
Illustrative examples of clean
technologies include but are not limited
to: Power generation from civil nuclear
renewable energy sources; electric
vehicles and renewable fuels for road,
aviation, rail, maritime shipping, or
other transportation; agribusiness,
including anaerobic digesters and zeroemission agricultural equipment; smart
grid solutions; energy storage; hydrogen
fuel cells; carbon capture, utilization,
and sequestration; decarbonization
technologies for energy production; lowcarbon solutions for heavy industry,
such as cement and steel production;
energy efficient advanced
manufacturing techniques; and lowcarbon and energy efficient building
materials.
For the purpose of this request for
public comment, competitiveness
entails the capacity to produce and
deploy affordable, reliable, and
accessible clean technologies and
compete in global markets, with the
overall aim of accelerating global private
sector capabilities to fight the effects of
climate change while also bringing
benefits to the U.S. economy and
people.
Request for Written Comments
Instructions: This notice serves as an
initial step in improving ITA’s
understanding of private sector
interests, concerns, and policy needs
with respect to the potential for exports
of clean technologies. This notice is a
general solicitation for public comments
and further sets forth topics for
discussion and comment. ITA seeks
broad input from all interested
stakeholders—including U.S. industry,
researchers, academia, and civil
society—on the potential opportunities
for and challenges to increasing U.S.
clean technologies export
competitiveness across multiple
industry sectors. Commenters are
encouraged to address any or all of the
following questions and may respond in
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terms of clean technologies broadly, or
in terms of specific technologies therein.
To the extent commenters choose to
respond to the specific questions asked,
responses may be formatted as the
commenter prefers.
Questions
Scope
1. Is there an established methodology
for designating particular technologies
as clean technologies or additional
factors that the Government should
consider for purposes of scoping this
strategy?
2. What clean technologies offer the
most significant immediate
opportunities for U.S. exports of
associated goods and services?
3. What clean technologies do not
currently offer significant immediate
opportunities for U.S. exports of
associated goods and services but may
offer such opportunities within the next
five to ten years?
4. What types of services offer the
most significant immediate or future
opportunities for U.S. clean
technologies exports? How do the needs
of clean technologies services exporters
differ from exporters of manufactured
products?
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Challenges
5. For sectors or technologies in
which the United States currently has a
competitive domestic industry, what are
the main factors (i.e., economic,
technical, regulatory, etc.) that could
pose a significant risk to the U.S.
industry’s competitive position?
6. For sectors or technologies in
which the United States does not
currently have a competitive domestic
industry, what are the main factors (i.e.,
economic, technical, regulatory, etc.)
inhibiting U.S. industry
competitiveness?
7. What issues related to intellectual
property, standards, or measurement
science pose a challenge to U.S. clean
technologies export competitiveness?
8. When pursuing opportunities in
foreign markets, what are the main risks
or barriers (i.e., economic, financial,
regulatory, technical, trade policy, etc.)
facing U.S. businesses seeking to export
clean technologies goods and services,
whether generally or in specific foreign
markets?
10. How can existing tools or
resources offered by the Government to
reduce or remove challenges, risks, and
barriers be improved to increase their
effectiveness or make them more
accessible to U.S. clean technologies
companies?
11. What are the most impactful new
actions the Government could take
domestically to reduce or remove
challenges, risks, and barriers in order
to help position U.S. clean technologies
industries for competitiveness in the
global market?
12. What are the most impactful new
actions the Government could take
through engagement with foreign
countries to reduce or remove
challenges, risks, and barriers in order
to help position U.S. clean technologies
industries for competitiveness in the
global market?
13. Which foreign countries or regions
present the greatest market
opportunities for U.S. exports of clean
technologies and/or should be
prioritized for engagement by the
Government?
14. What objectives should the
Government set for a U.S. Clean
Technologies Export Competitiveness
Strategy in the first 6-months, 12months, 2-years, and 5-years, and what
metrics should the Government use to
measure these objectives?
Trade Policy
15. How do U.S. trade policies impact
the development and deployment of
clean technologies in the United States
and abroad?
Other
16. Are there additional relevant
issues impacting U.S. clean technologies
export competitiveness not addressed
by these questions, and what are the
most impactful actions the Government
could take to address these issues?
Dated: August 25, 2021.
Man Cho,
Deputy Director, Office of Energy and
Environmental Industries.
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9. What are the most impactful
existing tools or resources offered by the
Government to reduce or remove
challenges, risks, and barriers in order
to help position U.S. clean technologies
industries for competitiveness in the
global market?
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–863]
Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2019–
2020
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that sales of forged steel fittings from
Taiwan were made at less than normal
value (NV) during the period of review
(POR), September 1, 2019, through
August 31, 2020. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 30, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Ayache or Samuel Glickstein,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2623 or
(202) 482–5307, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On September 24, 2018, Commerce
published the antidumping duty order
on forged steel fittings from Taiwan.1
On October 30, 2020, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce
initiated an administrative review of the
Order.2 This review covers one
producer/exporter of the subject
merchandise, Both-Well Steel Fittings
Co., Ltd (Bothwell). On April 22, 2021,
Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this review by 86
days, until August 27, 2021, in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).3 For a detailed description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.4
1 See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan:
Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 48280 (September
24, 2018) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR
68840 (October 30, 2020).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated April 22, 2021.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Forged Steel Fittings from
Taiwan; 2019–2020,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Request for Comments on U.S. Clean Technologies Export
Competitiveness Strategy
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: Recognizing the vital importance of clean technologies in
tackling the global climate crisis and spurring U.S. innovation and
creating well-paying jobs, the Department of Commerce (DOC), in
partnership with the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for
Climate (SPEC), has made it a top priority to encourage growth and
ensure U.S. innovation and competitiveness in clean technologies
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sectors. To that end, via this general solicitation, the International
Trade Administration (ITA) is requesting public comments on clean
technologies export competitiveness. This stakeholder input will inform
the Department's effort to develop a ``U.S. Clean Technologies Export
Competitiveness Strategy'', which intends to identify key issues
influencing the deployment of these goods and services, highlight
potential opportunities and challenges, and identify possible actions
for the DOC and federal government to take in order to foster U.S.
export competitiveness in clean technologies sectors.
DATES: Comments will be considered on a rolling basis but are due no
later than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ITA-2021-0005, by
either of the following methods:
Online Submission (Strongly Preferred): Submit all
electronic public comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and enter ITA-2021-0005 in the Search box.
Click on the ``Comment'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
Email: [email protected]. Comments submitted by email
should be machine-readable and should not be copy-protected.
Due to COVID-19 building closures, we are currently temporarily not
accepting comments by mail. However, if you are unable to comment via
regulations.gov, you may contact [email protected] for instructions
on submitting your comment.
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered by ITA. All comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on
www.regulations.gov without change.
Commenters should include the name of the person or organization
filing the comment. All personal identifying information (for example,
name, address) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly
accessible. ITA will not accept anonymous comments.
For those seeking to submit confidential business information (CBI)
for Government use only, please clearly mark such submissions as CBI
and submit an accompanying redacted version to be made public. CBI
comments can be submitted either through www.regulations.gov (strongly
preferred) or by email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Devin Horne, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Room 28018, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0775; email
[email protected]. Please direct media inquiries to ITA's Office of
Public Affairs (202) 482-3809 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: On January 27, 2021, President Biden issued Executive
Order 14008, ``Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad'' (FRN
Doc. 2021-02177) (E.O. 14008). E.O. 14008 puts climate considerations
at the forefront of United States foreign policy and national security.
The E.O. also directs agencies that engage in extensive international
work to develop strategies and implementation plans for integrating
climate considerations into their international work. ITA intends to
integrate such considerations into its export promotion work. President
Biden's Build Back Better economic recovery plan seeks to mobilize
American manufacturing and innovation to ensure that the future is made
in all of America by all of America's workers. By mobilizing American
ingenuity to innovate and develop clean technologies products and
services that can be deployed at home and exported abroad, we can
ensure a just transition while mobilizing a 21st century education
workforce and advancing racial equity and inclusion in America.
Scope: Clean technologies is a broad term that can encompass a
range of technologies used to address a variety of environmental
issues. For the purpose of this request for public comment, ITA is
focused on both established and emerging technologies, and their
associated goods and services, that can contribute to a transition to
net-zero emissions by significantly removing or reducing the greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions in a specific application compared to existing,
carbon-intensive technology in the same application. This notice serves
as a general solicitation for public comment and as an initial step in
improving ITA's understanding of the current technological and policy
landscape.
These technologies can be organized by their ability to reduce GHG
emissions in broad economic sectors identified by the United Nations
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as major contributors to
global GHG emissions, including:
(1) Electricity and heat production (25 percent of global direct GHG
emissions)
(2) Agriculture, forestry, and other land use (24 percent of global
direct GHG emissions)
(3) Industry (21 percent of global direct GHG emissions)
(4) Transportation (14 percent of global direct GHG emissions)
(5) Other energy emissions not directly associated with electricity or
heat production, such as fuel extraction, refining, processing, and
transportation (9.6 percent of global direct GHG emissions)
(6) Buildings (6.4 percent of global direct GHG emissions)
Illustrative examples of clean technologies include but are not
limited to: Power generation from civil nuclear renewable energy
sources; electric vehicles and renewable fuels for road, aviation,
rail, maritime shipping, or other transportation; agribusiness,
including anaerobic digesters and zero-emission agricultural equipment;
smart grid solutions; energy storage; hydrogen fuel cells; carbon
capture, utilization, and sequestration; decarbonization technologies
for energy production; low-carbon solutions for heavy industry, such as
cement and steel production; energy efficient advanced manufacturing
techniques; and low-carbon and energy efficient building materials.
For the purpose of this request for public comment, competitiveness
entails the capacity to produce and deploy affordable, reliable, and
accessible clean technologies and compete in global markets, with the
overall aim of accelerating global private sector capabilities to fight
the effects of climate change while also bringing benefits to the U.S.
economy and people.
Request for Written Comments
Instructions: This notice serves as an initial step in improving
ITA's understanding of private sector interests, concerns, and policy
needs with respect to the potential for exports of clean technologies.
This notice is a general solicitation for public comments and further
sets forth topics for discussion and comment. ITA seeks broad input
from all interested stakeholders--including U.S. industry, researchers,
academia, and civil society--on the potential opportunities for and
challenges to increasing U.S. clean technologies export competitiveness
across multiple industry sectors. Commenters are encouraged to address
any or all of the following questions and may respond in
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terms of clean technologies broadly, or in terms of specific
technologies therein. To the extent commenters choose to respond to the
specific questions asked, responses may be formatted as the commenter
prefers.
Questions
Scope
1. Is there an established methodology for designating particular
technologies as clean technologies or additional factors that the
Government should consider for purposes of scoping this strategy?
2. What clean technologies offer the most significant immediate
opportunities for U.S. exports of associated goods and services?
3. What clean technologies do not currently offer significant
immediate opportunities for U.S. exports of associated goods and
services but may offer such opportunities within the next five to ten
years?
4. What types of services offer the most significant immediate or
future opportunities for U.S. clean technologies exports? How do the
needs of clean technologies services exporters differ from exporters of
manufactured products?
Challenges
5. For sectors or technologies in which the United States currently
has a competitive domestic industry, what are the main factors (i.e.,
economic, technical, regulatory, etc.) that could pose a significant
risk to the U.S. industry's competitive position?
6. For sectors or technologies in which the United States does not
currently have a competitive domestic industry, what are the main
factors (i.e., economic, technical, regulatory, etc.) inhibiting U.S.
industry competitiveness?
7. What issues related to intellectual property, standards, or
measurement science pose a challenge to U.S. clean technologies export
competitiveness?
8. When pursuing opportunities in foreign markets, what are the
main risks or barriers (i.e., economic, financial, regulatory,
technical, trade policy, etc.) facing U.S. businesses seeking to export
clean technologies goods and services, whether generally or in specific
foreign markets?
Solutions
9. What are the most impactful existing tools or resources offered
by the Government to reduce or remove challenges, risks, and barriers
in order to help position U.S. clean technologies industries for
competitiveness in the global market?
10. How can existing tools or resources offered by the Government
to reduce or remove challenges, risks, and barriers be improved to
increase their effectiveness or make them more accessible to U.S. clean
technologies companies?
11. What are the most impactful new actions the Government could
take domestically to reduce or remove challenges, risks, and barriers
in order to help position U.S. clean technologies industries for
competitiveness in the global market?
12. What are the most impactful new actions the Government could
take through engagement with foreign countries to reduce or remove
challenges, risks, and barriers in order to help position U.S. clean
technologies industries for competitiveness in the global market?
13. Which foreign countries or regions present the greatest market
opportunities for U.S. exports of clean technologies and/or should be
prioritized for engagement by the Government?
14. What objectives should the Government set for a U.S. Clean
Technologies Export Competitiveness Strategy in the first 6-months, 12-
months, 2-years, and 5-years, and what metrics should the Government
use to measure these objectives?
Trade Policy
15. How do U.S. trade policies impact the development and
deployment of clean technologies in the United States and abroad?
Other
16. Are there additional relevant issues impacting U.S. clean
technologies export competitiveness not addressed by these questions,
and what are the most impactful actions the Government could take to
address these issues?
Dated: August 25, 2021.
Man Cho,
Deputy Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2021-18637 Filed 8-27-21; 8:45 am]
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