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U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

The U.S. cabinet level position that oversees trade negotiations with other countries. USTR is part of the Executive Office of the President. It also administers Section 301 tariffs.

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U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is seeking comments for annual r...
January 10, 2001 |Miscellaneous

U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is seeking comments for annual review on operation and effectiveness of U.S. trade pacts on telecom services and products. USTR is soliciting feedback on: (1) Whether any World Trade Organization (WTO) member is acting inconsistently on its commitments under WTO Basic Telecom Agreement. (2) Steps that should be taken on reviews in 2000 on telecom trade compliance by Germany, Mexico, S. Africa, U.K. (3) Whether Canada or Mexico has failed to comply with telecom commitments under NAFTA. (4) Whether Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation members, Inter-American Telecom Commission, European Union, Japan, Korea, Mexico or Taiwan have failed to comply with commitments under additional telecom agreements with U.S. USTR also is seeking comment on whether Germany “continues to address” competition issues such as excessive license fees and nontransparent cost data filed by Deutsche Telekom with German regulator. As for other U.S. reviews, USTR seeks comments on whether U.K. is “properly implementing” WTO reference paper obligations to ensure interconnection on terms and cost-oriented rates that are unbundled. Comments are due by noon, Jan. 26 at USTR office.