USTR Seeks Comment on Draft Foreign Trade Barriers Report, Including on Telecom
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative seeks comment by Oct. 28 to help prepare its annual National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, including on telecom issues, USTR said in Wednesday's Federal Register. The report spells out the…
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“most important” foreign trade barriers affecting U.S. goods trade, foreign direct investment and intellectual property rights protections. USTR aims to use the report to dismantle those barriers in future trade negotiations, said the agency. The office said it will review trade deals on U.S. telecom products and services to see if any trade laws, policies or practices with countries with which America has trade or telecom deals deny this country's firms "mutually advantageous market opportunities for telecommunications products and services." Comment via www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR 2015-0014. USTR released the last National Trade Estimate Report in March.