Request for Comments on the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) Global Trade Challenges Working Group, 72696-72697 [2024-19881]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket Number USTR–2024–0017]
Request for Comments on the U.S.-EU
Trade and Technology Council (TTC)
Global Trade Challenges Working
Group
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR)
seeks comments on the U.S.-EU Trade
and Technology Council (TTC) Global
Trade Challenges Working Group. USTR
will use these comments as it considers
future TTC-related collaboration it may
pursue with the European Commission’s
Directorate-General for Trade (DG
Trade).
DATES: To be assured of consideration,
submit written comments by the
October 21, 2024, 11:59 p.m. ET
deadline.
ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers
electronic submissions made through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov (Regulations.gov).
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments in section III below, using
docket number is USTR–2024–0017. For
alternatives to online submissions,
please contact Michael Rogers, Deputy
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Europe, at Michael.A.Rogers@
ustr.eop.gov or 202.395.2684, in
advance of the deadline.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Rogers, Deputy Assistant U.S.
Trade Representative for Europe, at
Michael.A.Rogers@ustr.eop.gov or
202.395.2684.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Background
On June 15, 2021, the United States
and the European Union (EU)
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announced the creation of the TTC with
goals to:
• Grow the bilateral trade and
investment relationship.
• Avoid new unnecessary technical
barriers to trade.
• Coordinate, seek common ground,
and strengthen global cooperation on
technology, digital issues, and supply
chains.
• Support collaborative research and
exchanges.
• Cooperate on compatible and
international standards development.
• Facilitate regulatory policy and
enforcement cooperation and, where
possible, convergence.
• Promote innovation and leadership
by U.S. and European firms.
• Contribute to the creation of a
stronger, more sustainable, and more
resilient transatlantic marketplace
through the facilitation of
environmentally responsible trade in
goods and technologies.
• Advance cooperation to benefit
workers in the global economy.
• Strengthen other areas of
cooperation.
The work undertaken in the TTC is
without prejudice to the regulatory
autonomy of the U.S. and the EU and
respects the different legal systems in
both jurisdictions.
The U.S. and the EU established ten
working groups to undertake the work
of the TTC. USTR and DG Trade serve
as the U.S. and EU co-chairs of the
Global Trade Challenges Working Group
(Trade Working Group). Many of the
activities of the Trade Working Group
fall within three broad categories of
cooperation:
1. To enhance inclusive and
sustainable bilateral U.S.-EU trade in
goods and services, including through
the use of digital technology.
2. To address and counter non-market
policies and practices that unfairly
undermine the competitiveness of U.S
and EU workers and firms.
3. On trade and labor issues,
including through the tripartite
transatlantic Trade and Labor Dialogue
(TALD), established through the TTC.
Non-market policies and practices of
concern include, but are not limited to:
• Targeting of key industries for
dominance.
• Creation and maintenance of nonmarket excess capacity.
• Unfair labor practices including the
use of forced labor.
• Forced or pressured technology
transfer, including through statesponsored theft of intellectual property.
• Market-distorting industrial
subsidies, including support given to
and through state-owned enterprises
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(SOEs), and all other types of support
offered by governments.
• Discriminatory treatment of foreign
companies and their products and
services in support of industrial policy
objectives.
• Anti-competitive and non-market
actions of SOEs.
In April 2024, the U.S. and the EU
held the sixth ministerial-level meeting
of the TTC in Leuven, Belgium. In the
joint statement released at the end of the
ministerial, the U.S. and the EU
announced their intention to consult
with stakeholders on the work of the
TTC and potential future work that the
TTC may undertake.
II. Public Participation
To help inform USTR as it considers
future cooperation within the Trade
Working Group, USTR invites
comments on the following:
• With specific regard to the Trade
Working Group’s efforts to enhance
inclusive and sustainable bilateral trade
in goods and services, including
through the use of digital tools, how
might USTR and DG Trade further
improve or expand cooperation in a
manner that is mutually beneficial to
U.S. and EU stakeholders.
• With specific regard to the work of
the Trade Working Group related to
non-market policies and practices of
third countries:
• How might USTR and DG Trade
expand or enhance our cooperation and
coordination of trade tools available to
us or to create new tools.
• How might USTR and DG Trade,
respectively or in coordination, use
existing tools more effectively to deter
and counter non-market policies and
practices.
• Are there particular sectors that
USTR and DG Trade should focus on?
• Are there particular non-market
policies and practices that are of greatest
concern to you? Why? How do those
non-market policies and practices
hinder or harm your interests?
• With specific regard to the work of
the Trade Working Group related to
trade and labor, including within the
TALD, how might USTR, the U.S.
Department of Labor, DG Trade, and the
Directorate-General for Employment
expand or enhance our cooperation and
coordination to better address the needs
of U.S. and EU workers and businesses.
• What steps can USTR take to
provide a wide-range of U.S. and EU
stakeholders the opportunity to
periodically provide suggestions,
feedback, and input to the Trade
Working Group.
USTR will review these
recommendations as it considers
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potential future U.S.-EU cooperation
within the TTC’s Trade Working Group.
III. Procedures for Written Submissions
To be assured of consideration,
submit your written comments by the
October 21, 2024, 11:59 p.m. ET
deadline. All submissions must be in
English. USTR strongly encourages
submissions via Regulations.gov, using
Docket Number USTR–2024–0017. To
make a submission via Regulations.gov,
enter Docket Number USTR–2024–0017
in the ‘search for’ field on the home
page and click ‘search.’ The site will
provide a search results page listing all
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Find a reference to this notice by
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Trade Representative for Europe, in
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advance of the deadline at
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Bryant Trick,
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Europe and the Middle East, Office of the
United States Trade Representative.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket Number USTR-2024-0017]
Request for Comments on the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council
(TTC) Global Trade Challenges Working Group
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
seeks comments on the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) Global
Trade Challenges Working Group. USTR will use these comments as it
considers future TTC-related collaboration it may pursue with the
European Commission's Directorate-General for Trade (DG Trade).
DATES: To be assured of consideration, submit written comments by the
October 21, 2024, 11:59 p.m. ET deadline.
ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers electronic submissions made through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov
(Regulations.gov). Follow the instructions for submitting comments in
section III below, using docket number is USTR-2024-0017. For
alternatives to online submissions, please contact Michael Rogers,
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe, at
[email protected] or 202.395.2684, in advance of the
deadline.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Rogers, Deputy Assistant U.S.
Trade Representative for Europe, at [email protected] or
202.395.2684.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On June 15, 2021, the United States and the European Union (EU)
announced the creation of the TTC with goals to:
Grow the bilateral trade and investment relationship.
Avoid new unnecessary technical barriers to trade.
Coordinate, seek common ground, and strengthen global
cooperation on technology, digital issues, and supply chains.
Support collaborative research and exchanges.
Cooperate on compatible and international standards
development.
Facilitate regulatory policy and enforcement cooperation
and, where possible, convergence.
Promote innovation and leadership by U.S. and European
firms.
Contribute to the creation of a stronger, more
sustainable, and more resilient transatlantic marketplace through the
facilitation of environmentally responsible trade in goods and
technologies.
Advance cooperation to benefit workers in the global
economy.
Strengthen other areas of cooperation.
The work undertaken in the TTC is without prejudice to the
regulatory autonomy of the U.S. and the EU and respects the different
legal systems in both jurisdictions.
The U.S. and the EU established ten working groups to undertake the
work of the TTC. USTR and DG Trade serve as the U.S. and EU co-chairs
of the Global Trade Challenges Working Group (Trade Working Group).
Many of the activities of the Trade Working Group fall within three
broad categories of cooperation:
1. To enhance inclusive and sustainable bilateral U.S.-EU trade in
goods and services, including through the use of digital technology.
2. To address and counter non-market policies and practices that
unfairly undermine the competitiveness of U.S and EU workers and firms.
3. On trade and labor issues, including through the tripartite
transatlantic Trade and Labor Dialogue (TALD), established through the
TTC.
Non-market policies and practices of concern include, but are not
limited to:
Targeting of key industries for dominance.
Creation and maintenance of non-market excess capacity.
Unfair labor practices including the use of forced labor.
Forced or pressured technology transfer, including through
state-sponsored theft of intellectual property.
Market-distorting industrial subsidies, including support
given to and through state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and all other
types of support offered by governments.
Discriminatory treatment of foreign companies and their
products and services in support of industrial policy objectives.
Anti-competitive and non-market actions of SOEs.
In April 2024, the U.S. and the EU held the sixth ministerial-level
meeting of the TTC in Leuven, Belgium. In the joint statement released
at the end of the ministerial, the U.S. and the EU announced their
intention to consult with stakeholders on the work of the TTC and
potential future work that the TTC may undertake.
II. Public Participation
To help inform USTR as it considers future cooperation within the
Trade Working Group, USTR invites comments on the following:
With specific regard to the Trade Working Group's efforts
to enhance inclusive and sustainable bilateral trade in goods and
services, including through the use of digital tools, how might USTR
and DG Trade further improve or expand cooperation in a manner that is
mutually beneficial to U.S. and EU stakeholders.
With specific regard to the work of the Trade Working
Group related to non-market policies and practices of third countries:
How might USTR and DG Trade expand or enhance our
cooperation and coordination of trade tools available to us or to
create new tools.
How might USTR and DG Trade, respectively or in
coordination, use existing tools more effectively to deter and counter
non-market policies and practices.
Are there particular sectors that USTR and DG Trade should
focus on?
Are there particular non-market policies and practices
that are of greatest concern to you? Why? How do those non-market
policies and practices hinder or harm your interests?
With specific regard to the work of the Trade Working
Group related to trade and labor, including within the TALD, how might
USTR, the U.S. Department of Labor, DG Trade, and the Directorate-
General for Employment expand or enhance our cooperation and
coordination to better address the needs of U.S. and EU workers and
businesses.
What steps can USTR take to provide a wide-range of U.S.
and EU stakeholders the opportunity to periodically provide
suggestions, feedback, and input to the Trade Working Group.
USTR will review these recommendations as it considers
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potential future U.S.-EU cooperation within the TTC's Trade Working
Group.
III. Procedures for Written Submissions
To be assured of consideration, submit your written comments by the
October 21, 2024, 11:59 p.m. ET deadline. All submissions must be in
English. USTR strongly encourages submissions via Regulations.gov,
using Docket Number USTR-2024-0017. To make a submission via
Regulations.gov, enter Docket Number USTR-2024-0017 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 and, in such cases,
that you write `see attached' in the `type comment' field. 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.
At the beginning of your submission or on the first page (if an
attachment), include the following text: (1) TTC Trade Working Group
and (2) your organization's name. Submissions should not exceed 10
single-spaced, standard letter-size pages in 12-point type, including
attachments. Please do not attach separate cover letters, exhibits,
annexes, or other attachments to electronic submissions; rather,
include any in the same file as the submission itself, not as separate
files. 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. USTR may
not consider submissions that you do not make in accordance with these
instructions.
If you are unable to provide submissions as requested, please
contact Michael Rogers, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Europe, in advance of the deadline at [email protected] or
202.395.2684, to arrange for an alternative method of transmission.
USTR will not accept hand-delivered submissions.
General information concerning USTR is available at www.ustr.gov.
IV. Business Confidential Information (BCI)
If you ask USTR to treat information you submit as BCI, you must
certify that the information is business confidential and 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' at
the top of that page. Filers of submissions containing BCI also must
submit a public version of their submission that will be placed in the
docket for public inspection. The file name of the public version
should begin with the character `P.'
V. Public Viewing of Review Submissions
USTR will post written submissions in the docket for public
inspection, except properly designated BCI. You can view submissions at
Regulations.gov by entering Docket Number USTR-2024-0017 in the search
field on the home page.
Bryant Trick,
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East,
Office of the United States Trade Representative.
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