Office of the United States Trade Representative 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Product Exclusion Extensions: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation
Document Number: 2021-04946
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-10
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
In prior notices, the U.S. Trade Representative modified the action in the Section 301 investigation of China's acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation by excluding from additional duties certain medical-care products needed to address the COVID-19 pandemic. To support efforts to combat COVID-19, on December 29, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative announced the extension of certain product exclusions on medical-care and/or COVID response products and further modifications to remove Section 301 duties from additional medical-care and/or COVID response products. This notice announces the U.S. Trade Representative's determination to extend those exclusions.
Notice Regarding Periodic Revision of Section 301 Action: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Aircraft Dispute
Document Number: 2021-02869
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-02-12
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative together with the affected United States industry have agreed that it is unnecessary at this time to revise the action in the Section 301 investigation involving the enforcement of U.S. rights in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute involving Large Civil Aircraft subsidies provided by certain current or former member States of the European Union. The U.S. Trade Representative will continue to consider the action taken in the investigation.
Information on 2021 Tariff-Rate Quotas for Exports From the United Kingdom
Document Number: 2021-02473
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-02-08
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Office of the United States Trade Representative is providing notice that the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021 continues to be eligible to export under U.S. tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) allocated to the member countries of the European Union (EU).
Notice of Determination Pursuant to Section 301: Vietnam's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Currency Valuation
Document Number: 2021-01352
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-22
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that Vietnam's acts, policies, and practices related to currency valuation, including excessive foreign exchange market interventions and other related actions, taken in their totality, are unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce, and thus actionable under Section 301.
Notice of Determination Pursuant to Section 301: The United Kingdom's Digital Services Tax
Document Number: 2021-01174
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-21
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that the United Kingdom's Digital Services Tax (DST) is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and thus is actionable under Section 301.
Notice of Determination Pursuant to Section 301: Austria's Digital Services Tax
Document Number: 2021-01173
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-21
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that Austria's Digital Services Tax (DST) is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and thus is actionable under Section 301.
Notice of Determination Pursuant to Section 301: Spain's Digital Services Tax
Document Number: 2021-01171
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-21
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that Spain's Digital Services Tax (DST) is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and thus is actionable under Section 301.
Notice of Modification of Section 301 Action: Investigation of France's Digital Services Tax
Document Number: 2021-00425
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-12
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined to modify the action being taken in this investigation by suspending, until further notice, the additional duties on products of France scheduled to take effect on January 6, 2021.
Notice of Determination Pursuant to Section 301: Turkey's Digital Services Tax
Document Number: 2021-00364
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-12
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that Turkey's Digital Services Tax (DST) is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and thus is actionable under Section 301.
Notice of Determination Pursuant to Section 301: Italy's Digital Services Tax
Document Number: 2021-00363
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-12
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that Italy's Digital Services Tax (DST) is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and thus is actionable under Section 301.
Notice of Determination Pursuant to Section 301: India's Digital Services Tax
Document Number: 2021-00362
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-12
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that India's Digital Services Tax (DST) is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and thus is actionable under Section 301.
Notice of Revision of Section 301 Action: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Aircraft Dispute
Document Number: 2020-29225
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-06
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined to revise the action being taken in this Section 301 investigation to mirror the approach taken by the European Union (EU) in exercising its World Trade Organization (WTO) authorization in the Boeing dispute. In implementing this approach, the U.S. Trade Representative has determined to revise the action by adding certain products of certain EU member States to the list of products subject to additional duties.
Determination of Trade Surplus in Certain Sugar and Syrup Goods and Sugar-Containing Products of Chile, Morocco, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia, and Panama
Document Number: 2020-29224
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-06
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
In accordance with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of its determination of the trade surplus in certain sugar and syrup goods and sugar-containing products of Chile, Morocco, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia and Panama. The level of a country's trade surplus in these goods relates to the quantity of sugar and syrup goods and sugar-containing products for which the United States grants preferential tariff treatment under (i) the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (Chile FTA); (ii) the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (Morocco FTA); (iii) the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR); (iv) the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (Peru TPA); (v) the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (Colombia TPA); and (vi) the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (Panama TPA).
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