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    <description>Daily Publications of Meetings and Rules Changes for the Federal Government</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, May 22 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-03-19-2013-06229</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This notice announces the availability of full 2012 calendar 
year import statistics relating to competitive need limitations (CNLs) 
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The Office 
of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will accept public 
comments submitted by April 12, 2013, regarding: (1) Possible de 
minimis CNL waivers; (2) possible redesignations of articles currently 
not eligible for GSP benefits because they previously exceeded the CNL 
thresholds; and (3) potential revocation of CNL waivers.
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  <pubDate>Tue, Mar 19 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings:]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-03-18-2013-06187</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Office of the United States Trade Representative 
(``USTR'') is providing notice that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam'') has requested the establishment of a dispute settlement 
panel under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade 
Organization (``WTO Agreement''). That request may be found at 
<a href="http://www.wto.org">www.wto.org</a> contained in a document designated as WT/DS429/3. USTR 
invites written comments from the public concerning the issues raised 
in this dispute.
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  <guid>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-03-18-2013-06187</guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, Mar 18 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-03-12-2013-05656</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This notice solicits proposals seeking accelerated tariff 
elimination under the USCTPA as well as proposals on appropriate 
changes that USTR should consider for modifying the USCTPA's rules of 
origin under Article 4.14 of the Agreement. This notice also describes 
the procedures for filing proposals.
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  <pubDate>Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Re-Designation of Qualifying Industrial Zones:]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-03-12-2013-05657</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Under the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation 
Act (IFTA Act), articles of qualifying industrial zones (QIZs) 
encompassing portions of Israel and Jordan or Israel and Egypt are 
eligible to receive dutyfree treatment. Effective upon publication of 
this notice, the United States Trade Representative, pursuant to 
authority delegated by the President, is modifying the designation of 
the previouslydesignated Al Minya, Alexandria, Beni Suief, Central 
Delta, Greater Cairo, and Suez Canal zones in Egypt under the IFTA Act 
to provide that all present and future facilities in these zones are 
potentially able to export goods dutyfree to the United States. This 
modification would also clarify and, in some cases, adjust the 
geographic boundaries of the QIZs.
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  <pubDate>Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generalized System of Preferences:]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-22-2013-04039</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This notice announces (1) the status of pending country 
practice petitions submitted as part of previous GSP Annual Reviews, 
and (2) the schedule for public comments and a public hearing on the 
ongoing GSP country practice reviews regarding worker rights and/or 
child labor in Bangladesh, Georgia, Niger, the Philippines, and 
Uzbekistan, and protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in 
Russia and Uzbekistan.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Feb 22 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings:]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-22-2013-04153</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Office of the United States Trade Representative (AUSTR@) 
is providing notice that Argentina has requested the establishment of a 
dispute settlement panel under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the 
World Trade Organization (AWTO Agreement@). That request may be found 
at <a href="http://www.wto.org">www.wto.org</a> contained in a document designated as WT/DS447/2. USTR 
invites written comments from the public concerning the issues raised 
in this dispute.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Feb 22 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings:]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-19-2013-03667</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Office of the United States Trade Representative 
(``USTR'') is providing notice that on January 10, 2013, the United 
States requested consultations with the Government of the Republic of 
Indonesia (``Indonesia'') under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing 
the World Trade Organization (``WTO Agreement'') concerning certain 
measures imposed by Indonesia on the importation of horticultural 
products, animals and animal products. That request may be found at 
<a href="http://www.wto.org">www.wto.org</a>, contained in a document designated as WT/DS455/1. USTR 
invites written comments from the public concerning the issues raised 
in this dispute.
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  <pubDate>Tue, Feb 19 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-01-08-2013-00067</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ As part of an ongoing country practice review, the GSP 
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is considering 
whether to recommend that dutyfree treatment accorded to imports from 
Bangladesh under the GSP program be withdrawn, suspended, or limited on 
the grounds that Bangladesh is not taking steps to afford to workers in 
Bangladesh internationally recognized worker rights, specifically the 
right of association and the right to organize and bargain 
collectively. The GSP Subcommittee is seeking public comments on the 
effect of a withdrawal, suspension, or limitation of GSP benefits on 
products imported into the United States from Bangladesh.
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  <pubDate>Tue, Jan 8 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Determination of Trade Surplus in Certain Sugar and Syrup Goods and Sugar-Containing]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-01-02-2012-31441</link>
  <description><![CDATA[  The Office of the United States Trade Representative 
published a document in the Federal Register of December 17, 2012 
concerning the determination of the trade surplus in certain sugar and 
syrup goods and sugar containing products of Determination of Trade 
Surplus in Certain Sugar and Syrup Goods and SugarContaining Products 
of Chile, Morocco, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia, and Panama. The 
document contained an error.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Jan 2 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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