USTR Seeks Comment on U.S. Market Access in Telecom Agreements
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative seeks comment on telecom sections of the World Trade Organization General Agreement on Trade in Services, North American Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Central American Free Trade Agreement and FTAs with Australia, Bahrain, Chile,…
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Colombia, Korea, Morocco, Oman, Panama, Peru and Singapore and all mutual recognition agreements that relate to telecom equipment. Comments are due Dec. 5, and USTR will “conduct” a review by 2015, it said in a Friday Federal Registernotice. USTR prefers comments be submitted via www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2014-0022. U.S. trade law requires USTR to ask for comments on telecom agreements. The comments should focus on access to foreign telecom markets for U.S. companies, USTR said.