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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
I. Background
[Docket Number USTR–2024–0002]
Additional Hearings and Extension of
Post-Hearing Comment Period:
Request for Comments on Promoting
Supply Chain Resilience
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of additional public
hearings and extension of post-hearing
comment period.
AGENCY:
The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR) will
hold additional public hearings to
inform objectives and strategies that
advance U.S. supply chain resilience in
trade negotiations, enforcement, and
other initiatives, and is extending the
period for submission of post-hearing
comments.
SUMMARY:
You must submit comments and
responses in accordance with the
following schedule:
April 24, 2024: Due date for filing
requests to appear and a summary of
expected testimony at the additional
public hearings.
May 14, 2024: USTR will convene a
public hearing at the Minnesota
Department of Employment and
Economic Development, Great Northern
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Building, Jerome Hill Auditorium, 180
East Fifth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101,
beginning at 10:00 a.m.
May 23, 2024: USTR will convene a
virtual public hearing beginning at
10:00 a.m.
May 28, 2024: USTR will convene a
public hearing in the Ted Weiss Federal
Office Building, 30th Floor Conference
Center, Conference Room 2, 290
Broadway, New York, NY 10007,
beginning at 10:00 a.m.
June 4, 2024: Extended due date for
submission of post-hearing written
comments in response to testimony
provided at any of the four public
hearings in this proceeding.
ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers
electronic submissions made through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov (Regulations.gov).
The instructions for submitting
comments are in sections IV and V
below. The docket number is USTR–
2024–0002. For alternatives to on-line
submissions, please contact Sandy
McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 in advance
of the deadline.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Special Counsel Victor Ban at (202)
395–5962 or supplychain@ustr.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On March 7, 2024, USTR requested
comments to inform objectives and
strategies that advance U.S. supply
chain resilience in trade negotiations,
enforcement, and other initiatives. In
outlining a new trade policy vision
promoting resilience, the notice
explained that resilient supply chains
provide a range of sourcing options;
adapt, rebound, and recover with agility
following shocks; uphold labor rights
and environmental protections; and
strengthen the U.S. manufacturing base
and workforce. To help achieve these
objectives, the notice sought
information on developing sectorspecific policy tools, strengthening
domestic manufacturing and services,
collaborating with like-minded trading
partners and allies, and measuring
resilience, among other topics. The
notice also stated that ‘‘USTR may
arrange regional hearings or meetings
subsequent to the public hearing’’
scheduled to begin on May 2, 2024, at
the U.S. International Trade
Commission. See 89 FR 16608.
II. Additional Hearing Participation
USTR invites participation at these
additional public hearings:
• May 14, 2024: USTR will convene
a public hearing at the Minnesota
Department of Employment and
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Economic Development, Great Northern
Building, Jerome Hill Auditorium, 180
East Fifth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101,
beginning at 10:00 a.m.
• May 23, 2024: USTR will convene
a virtual public hearing beginning at
10:00 a.m.
• May 28, 2024: USTR will convene
a public hearing in the Ted Weiss
Federal Office Building, 30th Floor
Conference Center, Conference Room 2,
290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007,
beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Any person wishing to testify at one
of the additional hearings must submit
requests to appear by April 24, 2024.
The request to appear at the additional
hearings must specify the starting date
of the relevant hearing and include a
summary of testimony, and may be
accompanied by a pre-hearing
submission. To allow for possible
questions from USTR staff, remarks at
the additional hearings may be subject
to time limits, to be communicated by
USTR to witnesses in advance of the
hearings. No witness may offer
testimony at more than one public
hearing.
Additionally, USTR will permit
members of the public to observe
remotely both the hearing to be
convened by USTR at the U.S.
International Trade Commission
beginning on May 2, 2024, and the
virtual hearing to be convened by USTR
beginning on May 23, 2024. Audio and
video access to both hearings will be
provided at www.ustr.gov/live.
Testimony at the hearing to be held at
the U.S. International Trade
Commission must be delivered inperson, in accordance with the
procedures outlined in the initial notice.
See 89 FR 16608.
III. Post-Hearing Comments
In light of the additional public
hearings, USTR will extend the due date
for submission of post-hearing written
comments from May 16, 2024, to June
4, 2024.1 Additionally, although the
March 7, 2024 notice (89 FR 16608),
specified that only ‘‘persons who
testified at the public hearing’’
beginning on May 2, 2024, could submit
post-hearing written comments, USTR
will permit any person to submit posthearing comments, so long as the
comments respond to testimony
provided at any of the four public
hearings in this proceeding.
IV. Requirements for Submissions
To be assured of consideration,
submit any request to appear at the
1 Except for this extension, this notice does not
modify any of the deadlines established in the
initial notice of March 7, 2024. See 89 FR 16608.
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additional hearings by the April 24,
2024 deadline, and any post-hearing
written comments by the June 4, 2024
deadline. All submissions must be in
English. USTR strongly encourages
submissions via Regulations.gov. The
docket number is USTR–2024–0002.
To submit via Regulations.gov, use
Docket Number USTR–2024–0002 in the
‘search for’ field 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’ in the
‘refine documents results’ section on the
left side of the screen and click on the
link entitled ‘comment.’ Regulations.gov
allows users to make submissions by
filling in a ‘type comment’ field, or by
attaching a document using the ‘upload
file’ field. USTR prefers that you
provide submissions in an attached
document named according to the
following protocol, as appropriate:
Commenter Name or Organization_
Supply Chain Resilience. If you provide
submissions in an attached document,
please type ‘see attached comments’ in
the ‘comment’ field on the online
submission form.
Requests to appear at an additional
hearing must include the name, address,
email address, and telephone number of
the person presenting the testimony in
the ‘type comment’ field. Attach a
summary of the testimony specifying
the relevant additional hearing, and a
pre-hearing submission if provided, by
attaching a document using the ‘upload
file’ field. The file name should include
the name of the person who will be
presenting the testimony. In addition,
please submit a request to appear by
email to supplychain@ustr.eop.gov. The
subject line of the email must begin
with the starting date of the relevant
additional hearing in the format ‘May
14’ followed by the name of the person
who will be presenting the testimony,
and then ‘Request to Appear’. In the
body of the email, include the name,
address, email address, and telephone
number of the person presenting
testimony.
USTR prefers submissions in
Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat
(.pdf). If you use an application other
than those two, please indicate the
name of the application in the ‘type
comment’ field.
Please include any information that
might appear in a cover letter, exhibits,
annexes, or other attachments in the
same file as the comment itself, rather
than submitting them as separate files.
Please include the name, email
address, and telephone number of an
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individual USTR can contact if there are
issues or questions with the submission.
You will receive a tracking number
upon completion of the submission
procedure at Regulations.gov. The
tracking number is confirmation that
Regulations.gov received your
submission. Keep the confirmation for
your records. USTR is not able to
provide technical assistance for
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For further information on using
Regulations.gov, please consult the
resources provided on the website by
clicking on ‘How to Use
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498–2945 for help with technical
questions on submitting comments on
Regulations.gov.
If you are unable to submit through
Regulations.gov after seeking assistance
from the help desk, please contact
Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483
before transmitting your document and
in advance of the deadline to arrange for
an alternative method of transmission.
USTR will not accept hand-delivered
submissions. USTR may not consider
submissions that you do not make in
accordance with these instructions.
General information concerning USTR
is available at https://www.ustr.gov.
V. Business Confidential Information
(BCI) Submissions
If you ask USTR to treat information
you submit as BCI, you must certify that
the information is business confidential
and that you would not customarily
release it to the public. For any
comments submitted electronically
containing BCI, the file name of the
business confidential version should
begin with the characters ‘BCI.’ You
must clearly mark any page containing
BCI with ‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’
on the top of that page. Filers of
submissions containing BCI also must
submit a public version that will be
placed in the docket for public
inspection. The file name of the public
version should begin with the character
‘P.’ Follow the ‘BCI’ and ‘P’ with the
name of the individual or organization
submitting the comments.
VI. Public Viewing of Review
Submissions
USTR will post written submissions
in the docket for public inspection,
except properly designated BCI. You
can view comments on Regulations.gov
by entering Docket Number USTR–
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home page.
Juan Millan,
Acting General Counsel, Office of the United
States Trade Representative.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket Number USTR-2024-0002]
Additional Hearings and Extension of Post-Hearing Comment Period:
Request for Comments on Promoting Supply Chain Resilience
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of additional public hearings and extension of post-
hearing comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
will hold additional public hearings to inform objectives and
strategies that advance U.S. supply chain resilience in trade
negotiations, enforcement, and other initiatives, and is extending the
period for submission of post-hearing comments.
DATES: You must submit comments and responses in accordance with the
following schedule:
April 24, 2024: Due date for filing requests to appear and a
summary of expected testimony at the additional public hearings.
May 14, 2024: USTR will convene a public hearing at the Minnesota
Department of Employment and Economic Development, Great Northern
Building, Jerome Hill Auditorium, 180 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, MN
55101, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
May 23, 2024: USTR will convene a virtual public hearing beginning
at 10:00 a.m.
May 28, 2024: USTR will convene a public hearing in the Ted Weiss
Federal Office Building, 30th Floor Conference Center, Conference Room
2, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
June 4, 2024: Extended due date for submission of post-hearing
written comments in response to testimony provided at any of the four
public hearings in this proceeding.
ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers electronic submissions made through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov
(Regulations.gov). The instructions for submitting comments are in
sections IV and V below. The docket number is USTR-2024-0002. For
alternatives to on-line submissions, please contact Sandy McKinzy at
(202) 395-9483 in advance of the deadline.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Special Counsel Victor Ban at (202)
395-5962 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On March 7, 2024, USTR requested comments to inform objectives and
strategies that advance U.S. supply chain resilience in trade
negotiations, enforcement, and other initiatives. In outlining a new
trade policy vision promoting resilience, the notice explained that
resilient supply chains provide a range of sourcing options; adapt,
rebound, and recover with agility following shocks; uphold labor rights
and environmental protections; and strengthen the U.S. manufacturing
base and workforce. To help achieve these objectives, the notice sought
information on developing sector-specific policy tools, strengthening
domestic manufacturing and services, collaborating with like-minded
trading partners and allies, and measuring resilience, among other
topics. The notice also stated that ``USTR may arrange regional
hearings or meetings subsequent to the public hearing'' scheduled to
begin on May 2, 2024, at the U.S. International Trade Commission. See
89 FR 16608.
II. Additional Hearing Participation
USTR invites participation at these additional public hearings:
May 14, 2024: USTR will convene a public hearing at the
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Great
Northern Building, Jerome Hill Auditorium, 180 East Fifth Street, St.
Paul, MN 55101, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
May 23, 2024: USTR will convene a virtual public hearing
beginning at 10:00 a.m.
May 28, 2024: USTR will convene a public hearing in the
Ted Weiss Federal Office Building, 30th Floor Conference Center,
Conference Room 2, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007, beginning at 10:00
a.m.
Any person wishing to testify at one of the additional hearings
must submit requests to appear by April 24, 2024. The request to appear
at the additional hearings must specify the starting date of the
relevant hearing and include a summary of testimony, and may be
accompanied by a pre-hearing submission. To allow for possible
questions from USTR staff, remarks at the additional hearings may be
subject to time limits, to be communicated by USTR to witnesses in
advance of the hearings. No witness may offer testimony at more than
one public hearing.
Additionally, USTR will permit members of the public to observe
remotely both the hearing to be convened by USTR at the U.S.
International Trade Commission beginning on May 2, 2024, and the
virtual hearing to be convened by USTR beginning on May 23, 2024. Audio
and video access to both hearings will be provided at www.ustr.gov/live. Testimony at the hearing to be held at the U.S. International
Trade Commission must be delivered in-person, in accordance with the
procedures outlined in the initial notice. See 89 FR 16608.
III. Post-Hearing Comments
In light of the additional public hearings, USTR will extend the
due date for submission of post-hearing written comments from May 16,
2024, to June 4, 2024.\1\ Additionally, although the March 7, 2024
notice (89 FR 16608), specified that only ``persons who testified at
the public hearing'' beginning on May 2, 2024, could submit post-
hearing written comments, USTR will permit any person to submit post-
hearing comments, so long as the comments respond to testimony provided
at any of the four public hearings in this proceeding.
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\1\ Except for this extension, this notice does not modify any
of the deadlines established in the initial notice of March 7, 2024.
See 89 FR 16608.
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IV. Requirements for Submissions
To be assured of consideration, submit any request to appear at the
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additional hearings by the April 24, 2024 deadline, and any post-
hearing written comments by the June 4, 2024 deadline. All submissions
must be in English. USTR strongly encourages submissions via
Regulations.gov. The docket number is USTR-2024-0002.
To submit via Regulations.gov, use Docket Number USTR-2024-0002 in
the `search for' field 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' in the `refine documents results' section on the
left side of the screen and click on the link entitled `comment.'
Regulations.gov allows users to make submissions by filling in a `type
comment' field, or by attaching a document using the `upload file'
field. USTR prefers that you provide submissions in an attached
document named according to the following protocol, as appropriate:
Commenter Name or Organization_Supply Chain Resilience. If you provide
submissions in an attached document, please type `see attached
comments' in the `comment' field on the online submission form.
Requests to appear at an additional hearing must include the name,
address, email address, and telephone number of the person presenting
the testimony in the `type comment' field. Attach a summary of the
testimony specifying the relevant additional hearing, and a pre-hearing
submission if provided, by attaching a document using the `upload file'
field. The file name should include the name of the person who will be
presenting the testimony. In addition, please submit a request to
appear by email to [email protected]. The subject line of the
email must begin with the starting date of the relevant additional
hearing in the format `May 14' followed by the name of the person who
will be presenting the testimony, and then `Request to Appear'. In the
body of the email, include the name, address, email address, and
telephone number of the person presenting testimony.
USTR prefers submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat
(.pdf). If you use an application other than those two, please indicate
the name of the application in the `type comment' field.
Please include any information that might appear in a cover letter,
exhibits, annexes, or other attachments in the same file as the comment
itself, rather than submitting them as separate files.
Please include the name, email address, and telephone number of an
individual USTR can contact if there are issues or questions with the
submission.
You will receive a tracking number upon completion of the
submission procedure at Regulations.gov. The tracking number is
confirmation that Regulations.gov received your submission. Keep the
confirmation for your records. USTR is not able to provide technical
assistance for Regulations.gov.
For further information on using Regulations.gov, please consult
the resources provided on the website by clicking on `How to Use
Regulations.gov' on the bottom of the home page. You can contact the
Regulations.gov help desk at [email protected] or 1-866-498-
2945 for help with technical questions on submitting comments on
Regulations.gov.
If you are unable to submit through Regulations.gov after seeking
assistance from the help desk, please contact Sandy McKinzy at (202)
395-9483 before transmitting your document and in advance of the
deadline to arrange for an alternative method of transmission. USTR
will not accept hand-delivered submissions. USTR may not consider
submissions that you do not make in accordance with these instructions.
General information concerning USTR is available at https://www.ustr.gov.
V. Business Confidential Information (BCI) Submissions
If you ask USTR to treat information you submit as BCI, you must
certify that the information is business confidential and that you
would not customarily release it to the public. For any comments
submitted electronically containing BCI, the file name of the business
confidential version should begin with the characters `BCI.' You must
clearly mark any page containing BCI with `BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL' on
the top of that page. Filers of submissions containing BCI also must
submit a public version that will be placed in the docket for public
inspection. The file name of the public version should begin with the
character `P.' Follow the `BCI' and `P' with the name of the individual
or organization submitting the comments.
VI. Public Viewing of Review Submissions
USTR will post written submissions in the docket for public
inspection, except properly designated BCI. You can view comments on
Regulations.gov by entering Docket Number USTR-2024-0002 in the search
field on the home page.
Juan Millan,
Acting General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade
Representative.
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