Thursday, June 29, 2017

Request for Comments Regarding the Administration's Reviews and Report to the President on Trade Agreement Violations and Abuses.

On June 29, 2017, the Office of the United States Trade Representative published in the Federal Register (82 FR 29622) Request for Comments Regarding the Administration's Reviews and Report to the President on Trade Agreement Violations and Abuses.

Executive Order 13796 of April 29, 2017 (82 FR 20819), requires the United States Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, to conduct comprehensive performance reviews of all bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral trade agreements and investment agreements to which the United States is a party and all trade relations with countries governed by the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with which the United States does not have free trade agreements but with which the United States runs significant trade deficits in goods. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Commerce (DoC) are seeking comments that they will consider as part of these performance reviews and in the preparation of the subsequent report to the President. Written comments are due by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on July 31, 2017.

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