Office of the United States Trade Representative October 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Request for Comments on Negotiating Objectives for a U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement
Document Number: 2018-23569
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-26
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
On October 16, 2018, the United States Trade Representative notified Congress of the Administration's intention to enter into negotiations with Japan for a U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is seeking public comments on a proposed U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement including U.S. interests and priorities, in order to develop U.S. negotiating positions. You can provide comments in writing and orally at a public hearing. Our aim in negotiations with Japan is to address both tariff and non-tariff barriers and to achieve fairer, more balanced trade.
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding United States-Safeguard Measure on Imports of Large Residential Washers
Document Number: 2018-23055
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-23
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice that the Republic of Korea (Korea) has requested the establishment of a dispute settlement panel under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO Agreement) concerning the safeguard measure in effect on imports of large residential washers. You can find that request at www.wto.org in a document designated as WT/DS546/4. USTR invites written comments from the public concerning the issues raised in this dispute.
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice Regarding a Hearing for Ongoing Country Practice Reviews of Bolivia, Ecuador, Georgia, Indonesia, Iraq, Thailand, and Uzbekistan and for the Ongoing Country Designation Review of Laos
Document Number: 2018-22374
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-15
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is announcing a hearing for the open country practice reviews for which USTR has not held hearings in 2018 regarding compliance with the GSP eligibility criteria of Bolivia, Ecuador, Georgia, Indonesia, Iraq, Thailand, and Uzbekistan. This review will focus on whether: (1) Bolivia, Georgia, Iraq, Thailand, and Uzbekistan are meeting the GSP eligibility criterion requiring that a GSP beneficiary country afford workers internationally recognized worker rights; (2) Ecuador is meeting the GSP eligibility criterion requiring a GSP beneficiary country to act in good faith in recognizing as binding or in enforcing applicable arbitral awards; and (3) Indonesia and Uzbekistan are meeting the GSP eligibility criterion requiring a GSP beneficiary to provide adequate protection of intellectual property rights. In addition, USTR is announcing a hearing for the ongoing country designation review of Laos. This review will focus on whether Laos meets all the GSP eligibility criteria and should be newly designated as a GSP beneficiary. This notice includes the schedule for submission of public comments and a public hearing.
Exclusion of Particular Products From the Solar Products Safeguard Measure; Correction
Document Number: 2018-22213
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-12
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Office of the United States Trade Representative published a document in the Federal Register of September 19, 2018, concerning a determination to exclude certain products from the safeguard measure on solar products. This notice corrects an error in that documentthe time the modifications became applicable should have referenced Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
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