Office of the United States Trade Representative May 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notification of the Second United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Labor Council Meeting
Document Number: 2023-11560
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-05-31
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Parties to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) intend to hold the second meeting of the Labor Council on June 28-29, 2023. The meeting will include a closed in-person government-to- government Labor Council session in Mexico City, Mexico, and a virtual public session on implementation of the USMCA labor chapter. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) invite comments and questions from the public in advance of the virtual public session.
Notice of Product Exclusion Extensions: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation
Document Number: 2023-10460
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-05-17
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
In prior notices, the U.S. Trade Representative modified the actions 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 COVID, and subsequently extended certain of these exclusions. The current COVID exclusionscovering 81 medical- care productsare scheduled to expire on May 15, 2023. This notice announces the U.S. Trade Representative's determination to provide a 16-day transition period for all COVID exclusions, extending them through May 31, 2023, and to extend 77 of the COVID exclusions through September 30, 2023.
Annual Review of Country Eligibility for Benefits Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act for Calendar Year 2024
Document Number: 2023-10480
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-05-17
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is announcing the initiation of the annual review of the eligibility of sub-Saharan African countries to receive the benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The AGOA Implementation Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (AGOA Subcommittee) is requesting written public comments for this review and will conduct a virtual public hearing on this matter. In developing its recommendations for the President on AGOA country eligibility for calendar year 2024, the AGOA Subcommittee will consider the written comments, written testimony, and oral testimony.
Definition of Specialty Sugar in the Rules Concerning Allocation of the U.S. Refined Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota
Document Number: 2023-09722
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-05-08
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is requesting public comments on specific eligibility criteria in the definition of the term `specialty sugar' in the regulations concerning issuance of specialty sugar certificates for the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on imports of sugars, syrups, and molasses provided in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) that was most recently amended by a final rule in 1996, and an interim final rule in 1990.
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