Notice2025-03047
Request for Comments To Assist in Reviewing and Identifying Unfair Trade Practices and Initiating All Necessary Actions To Investigate Harm From Non-Reciprocal Trade Arrangements
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February 25, 2025
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Trade Representative, Office of United States
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Pursuant to the America First Trade Policy Presidential Memorandum and the Presidential Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs, USTR invites comments from the public, on a country-by-country basis, to assist the U.S. Trade Representative in reviewing and identifying any unfair trade practices by other countries, and in initiating all necessary actions to investigate the harm to the United States from any non-reciprocal trade arrangements. This information will assist the U.S. Trade Representative in recommending appropriate actions to remedy such practices and reporting to the President proposed remedies in pursuit of reciprocal trade relations.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10677-10678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03047]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Request for Comments To Assist in Reviewing and Identifying
Unfair Trade Practices and Initiating All Necessary Actions To
Investigate Harm From Non-Reciprocal Trade Arrangements
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the America First Trade Policy Presidential
Memorandum and the Presidential Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and
Tariffs, USTR invites comments from the public, on a country-by-country
basis, to assist the U.S. Trade Representative in reviewing and
identifying any unfair trade practices by other countries, and in
initiating all necessary actions to investigate the harm to the United
States from any non-reciprocal trade arrangements. This information
will assist the U.S. Trade Representative in recommending appropriate
actions to remedy such practices and reporting to the President
proposed remedies in pursuit of reciprocal trade relations.
DATES: The deadline for submission of comments is March 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments in response to this notice through
the online USTR portal: <a href="https://comments.ustr.gov/s/">https://comments.ustr.gov/s/</a>. Follow the
instructions for submission in section III below. The docket number is
USTR-2025-0001. For alternatives to online submissions, please contact
Catherine Gibson, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Monitoring and Enforcement at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#397a584d515c4b50575c1771177e505b4a5657794c4a4d4b175c5649175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bd8faeff3fee9f2f5feb5d3b5dcf2f9e8f4f5dbeee8efe9b5fef4ebb5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a> or
202.395.5725.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Gibson, Deputy Assistant
U.S. Trade Representative for Monitoring and Enforcement at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#efac8e9b878a9d86818ac1a7c1a8868d9c8081af9a9c9b9dc18a809fc1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="367557425e53445f5853187e18715f5445595876434542441853594618515940">[email protected]</span></a> or 202.395.5725.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 2(c) of the America First Trade Policy Presidential
Memorandum calls on the U.S. Trade Representative, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the
Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, to undertake a review of,
and identify, any unfair trade practices by other countries and
recommend appropriate actions to remedy such practices under applicable
authorities, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Constitution, 15
U.S.C. 71-75, 19 U.S.C. 1337, 1338, 2252, 2253, and 2411, 50 U.S.C.
1701 and trade agreement implementing acts. Under section 5(c), the
U.S. Trade Representative must deliver the results of that undertaking
to the President in a unified report by April 1, 2025.
Section 3(a) of the Presidential Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and
Tariffs provides that, after the submission of the report due under the
America First Trade Policy Memorandum, the Secretary of Commerce and
the U.S. Trade Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of
the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy, the Senior Counselor to the President
for Trade and Manufacturing, and the heads of such other executive
departments and agencies as the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S.
Trade Representative deem relevant, shall initiate, pursuant to their
respective legal authorities, all necessary actions to investigate the
harm to the United States from any non-reciprocal trade arrangements
adopted by any trading partners. Upon completion of such necessary
actions, they shall submit to the President a report detailing proposed
remedies in pursuit of reciprocal trade relations with each trading
partner.
Pursuant to sections 2(c) and 5(c) of the America First Trade
Policy Presidential Memorandum and section 3(a) of the Presidential
Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs, USTR invites comments, on a
country-by-
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country basis,\1\ to assist the U.S. Trade Representative in reviewing
and identifying any unfair trade practices by other countries and in
initiating all necessary actions to investigate the harm to the United
States from any non-reciprocal trade arrangements. This information
will assist the U.S. Trade Representative and other relevant agencies
in recommending appropriate actions to remedy such practices under
applicable authorities and in submitting to the President proposed
remedies in pursuit of reciprocal trade relations.
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\1\ Submissions regarding economic areas with member states,
such as the European Union, may set out responses on an economy-wide
or member state-by-member state basis.
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II. Topics on Which USTR Seeks Information
USTR invites any interested party to provide information relating
to any unfair trade practice by a foreign country or economy or with
respect to a non-reciprocal trade arrangement. Unfair trade practices
may encompass an expansive range of practices, such as policies,
measures, or barriers that undermine or harm U.S. production, or
exports, or a failure by a country to take action to address a non-
market policy or practice in a way which harms the United States. The
information should include the foreign country or economy concerned,
the practice or trade arrangement of concern, a brief explanation of
the operation of the practice or trade arrangement, and an explanation
of the impact or effect of the practice or trade arrangement on the
interested party or on U.S. interests generally. Submissions should
quantify the harm or cost (including actual cost or opportunity cost)
to American workers, manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs
and businesses from the practice or trade arrangement of concern--
ideally ascribing a dollar amount to the harm or cost and describing
the underlying methodology.
USTR is pursuing its review of all countries consistent with the
President's instruction and will consider submissions addressing unfair
or non-reciprocal practices by any country. USTR is particularly
interested in submissions related to the largest trading economies,
such as G20 countries, as well as those economies that have the largest
trade deficits in goods with the United States, including Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, T[uuml]rkiye, United Kingdom, and
Vietnam. These countries cover 88 percent of total goods trade with the
United States.
These submissions will inform the U.S. Trade Representative's
review and identification of unfair trade practices, recommendation of
appropriate actions to remedy, and report to the President under
sections 2(c) and 5(c) of the America First Trade Policy Presidential
Memorandum, as well as the U.S. Trade Representative's initiation of
actions under section 3(a) of the Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs
Presidential Memorandum. The U.S. Trade Representative also may take
action in furtherance of the America First Trade Policy Presidential
Memorandum and/or the Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs Presidential
Memorandum in advance of these submissions, as warranted. Other
reviews, investigations, and actions for addressing unfair and
unbalanced trade as set out in the America First Trade Policy
Presidential Memorandum, such as with respect to the United States-
Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Economic and Trade Agreement Between the
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the
People's Republic of China, and other existing United States trade
agreements and sectoral trade agreements, will continue. Consistent
with its statutory mandate, USTR welcomes ongoing engagement with and
information from any interested party regarding unfair foreign trade
practices of any foreign country or economy, and this request for
comment should not be understood as the sole opportunity for an
interested party to provide such information.
III. Submission Instructions
You must submit written comments in response to this notice using
the appropriate docket on the portal at <a href="https://comments.ustr.gov/s/">https://comments.ustr.gov/s/</a>.
To make a submission, use docket number USTR-2025-0001 entitled
`Request for Comments to Assist in Reviewing and Identifying Unfair
Trade Practices and Initiating All Necessary Actions to Investigate
Harm From Non-Reciprocal Trade Arrangements'. You do not need to
establish an account to submit comments. The first screen allows you to
enter identification and contact information. Third party organizations
such as law firms, trade associations, or customs brokers should
identify the full legal name of the organization they represent and
identify the primary point of contact for the submission. Fields with a
gray Business Confidential Information (BCI) notation are for BCI
information that will not be made publicly available. Fields with a
green (Public) notation will be viewable by the public. After entering
the identification and contact information, you can complete the
remainder of the comment, or any portion of it, by clicking `Next.' You
may upload documents at the end of the form and indicate whether USTR
should treat the documents as business confidential or public
information. Any page containing BCI must be clearly marked `BUSINESS
CONFIDENTIAL' on the top of that page and the submission should clearly
indicate, via brackets, highlighting, or other means, the specific
information that is BCI. If you request business confidential
treatment, you must certify in writing that the information would not
customarily be released to the public. Parties uploading attachments
containing BCI also must submit a public version of their comments. If
these procedures are not sufficient to protect BCI or otherwise protect
business interests, please contact Catherine Gibson at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96d5f7e2fef3e4fff8f3b8deb8d1fff4e5f9f8d6e3e5e2e4b8f3f9e6b8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="387b594c505d4a51565d1670167f515a4b5756784d4b4c4a165d5748165f574e">[email protected]</span></a> or 202.395.5725 to discuss whether
alternative arrangements are possible. USTR will post attachments
uploaded to the docket for public inspection, except for properly
designated BCI. You can view submissions on USTR's electronic portal at
<a href="https://comments.ustr.gov/s/">https://comments.ustr.gov/s/</a>.
Juan Millan,
Acting U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the United States Trade
Representative.
[FR Doc. 2025-03047 Filed 2-24-25; 8:45 am]
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