Federal Register: November 15, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 219)
DOCID: FR Doc 05-22798
Presidential Documents
Western Area Power Administration
NOTICE: Part III
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
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Title 3--
The President
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Memorandum of November 10, 2005
Determinations Under Section 1106(a) of the
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988--Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Memorandum for the United States Trade Representative
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia) is seeking
to become a Member of the World Trade Organization
(WTO). Saudi Arabia has concluded a bilateral agreement
with the United States related to Saudi Arabia's
accession to the WTO. Saudi Arabia's commitments under
this bilateral agreement with the United States ensure:
(1) that all state trading enterprises, as defined in section 1107(6) of the Omnibus Trade and
Competitiveness Act of 1988 (the ``Act'') (19 U.S.C.
2906(6)), will make (a) purchases that are not for
government use and (b) sales in international trade, in
accordance with commercial considerations, including
price, quality, availability, marketability, and
transportation, and (2) that such state trading
enterprises will afford U.S. business firms adequate
opportunity, in accordance with customary practice, to compete for such purchases and sales.
In accordance with section 1106(a)(1) of the Act (19
U.S.C. 2905(a)(1)), I determine that state trading
enterprises account for a significant share of the
exports of Saudi Arabia and the goods that compete with
imports into Saudi Arabia. Further, I determine that,
based on the bilateral agreement that Saudi Arabia has
entered into with the United States, information
provided and commitments set forth in the Report of the
Working Party on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's
Accession to the WTO, and other information considered
in connection with Saudi Arabia's WTO accession
negotiations including information in the United States
National Energy Policy report, an affirmative
determination under section 1106(a)(2) is not warranted.
The determinations under section 1106(a) are intended
solely to further the purpose of section 1106 and are
not determinative for the purpose of any other statute or regulation.
You are directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, November 10, 2005.
[FR Doc. 05-22798
Filed 11-14-05; 11:32 am]
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