[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36615-36616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12995]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. TPA-105-008]
Economic Impact of Trade Agreements Implemented Under Trade
Authorities Procedures, 2021 Update; Notice of Institution of
Investigation and Schedule of a Public Hearing
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of investigation and scheduling of a public hearing.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has instituted Investigation No. TPA-105-008,
Economic Impact of Trade Agreements Implemented Under Trade Authorities
Procedures, 2021 Report, for the purpose of preparing the second of two
reports required by section 105(f)(2) of the Bipartisan Congressional
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015. Section 105(f)(2)
requires that the Commission submit to the House Committee on Ways and
Means and the Senate Committee on Finance two reports, one by June 29,
2016, and a second by June 29, 2021, on the economic impact on the
United States of all trade agreements with respect to which Congress
has enacted an implementing bill under trade authorities procedures
since January 1, 1984.
DATES:
September 21, 2020: Deadline for filing requests to appear at the
public hearing.
September 25, 2020: Deadline for filing prehearing briefs and
statements.
October 6, 2020: Public hearing.
October 23, 2020: Deadline for filing post-hearing briefs and
statements.
November 6, 2020: Deadline for filing all other written
submissions.
June 29, 2021: Transmittal of Commission report to the Committees.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, including the Commission's hearing
rooms, are located in the U.S. International Trade Commission Building,
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC. All written submissions should be
submitted electronically and addressed to the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436.
The public record for this investigation may be viewed on the
Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Leaders Tamara Gurevich (202-
205-3403 or [email protected]) or David Guberman (202-708-1396
or [email protected]) for information specific to this
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investigation. For information on the legal aspects of this
investigation, contact William Gearhart of the Commission's Office of
the General Counsel (202-205-3091 or [email protected]). The
media should contact Margaret O'Laughlin, Office of External Relations
(202-205-1819 or [email protected]). Hearing-impaired
individuals may obtain information on this matter by contacting the
Commission's TDD terminal at 202-205-1810. General information
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its website
(https://www.usitc.gov). Persons with mobility impairments who will
need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should
contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: On June 29, 2015, the President
signed the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability
Act of 2015 (TPA). Section 105(f)(2) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 4204(f)(2))
requires the Commission to submit two reports to the House Committee on
Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance, one in 2016 and a
second not later than mid-2021, on the economic impact of trade
agreements implemented under trade authorities procedures since 1984.
Section 105(f)(2) provides as follows:
(2) REPORT ON IMPACT OF TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY.--Not later
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not
later than 5 years thereafter, the United States International Trade
Commission shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate
a report on the economic impact on the United States of all trade
agreements with respect to which Congress has enacted an
implementing bill under trade authorities procedures since January
1, 1984.
The Commission submitted its first report on June 29, 2016 (Inv.
No. 332-555, Pub. No. 4614) and will submit the second report by June
29, 2021.
For purposes of this report the Commission considers the trade
agreements covered to include the Uruguay Round Agreements, the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement (USMCA), and U.S. free trade agreements with Australia,
Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and five
Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, and Nicaragua), Israel, Jordan, Korea, Morocco, Oman, Panama,
Peru, and Singapore.
The Commission has instituted an investigation under section
105(f)(2) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and
Accountability Act of 2015 for the purpose of preparing this report and
also for the purpose of assisting the public in the filing and
inspection of documents and also to make the report more readily
accessible to the public through the Commission's website.
Public Hearing: A public hearing in connection with this
investigation will be held beginning at 9:30 a.m. on October 6, 2020.
Information about the place and form of the hearing, including about
how to participate in or view the hearing, will be posted on the
Commission's website at (https://usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/what_we_are_working_on.htm). Once on that web page, scroll down to the
entry for investigation No. TPA-105-008, Economic Impact of Trade
Agreements Implemented Under Trade Authorities Procedures, 2021 Report,
and click on the link to ``hearing instructions.'' Interested parties
should check the Commission's website periodically for updates.
Requests to appear at the public hearing should be filed with the
Secretary, no later than 5:15 p.m., September 21, 2020 in accordance
with the requirements in the ``Submissions'' section below. All pre-
hearing briefs and statements should be filed no later than 5:15 p.m.,
September 25, 2020; and all post-hearing briefs and statements should
be filed not later than 5:15 p.m., October 23, 2020. In the event that,
as of the close of business on September 21, 2020, no witnesses are
scheduled to appear at the hearing, the hearing will be canceled. Any
person interested in attending the hearing as an observer or
nonparticipant should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-
2000 after September 21, 2020, for information concerning whether the
hearing will be held.
Written Submissions: In lieu of or in addition to participating in
the hearing, interested parties are invited to file written submissions
concerning this investigation. All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary, and should be received not later than 5:15
p.m., November 6, 2020. All written submissions must conform to the
provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.8), as temporarily amended by 85 FR 15798 (March
19, 2020). Under that rule waiver, the Office of the Secretary will
accept only electronic filings at this time. Filings must be made
through the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS,
https://edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paper-based filings or paper
copies of any electronic filings will be accepted until further notice.
Persons with questions regarding electronic filing should contact the
Office of the Secretary, Docket Services Division (202-205-1802), or
consult the Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures.
Confidential Business Information. Any submissions that contain
confidential business information must also conform to the requirements
of section 201.6 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure
(19 CFR 201.6). Section 201.6 of the rules requires that the cover of
the document and the individual pages be clearly marked as to whether
they are the ``confidential'' or ``non-confidential'' version, and that
the confidential business information is clearly identified by means of
brackets. All written submissions, except for confidential business
information, will be made available for inspection by interested
parties.
Any confidential business information received by the Commission in
this investigation and used in preparing this report will not be
published in a manner that would reveal the operations of the firm
supplying the information.
Summaries of Written Submissions: Persons wishing to have a summary
of their position included in the report should include a summary with
their written submission and should mark the summary as having been
provided for that purpose. The summary should be clearly marked as
``summary for inclusion in the report'' at the top of the page. The
summary may not exceed 500 words, should be in MS Word format or a
format that can be easily converted to MS Word, and should not include
any confidential business information. The summary will be published as
provided if it meets these requirements and is germane to the subject
matter of the investigation. The Commission will list the name of the
organization furnishing the summary and will include a link to the
Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) where the
full written submission can be found.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 11, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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