[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 96 (Thursday, May 19, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-12199]
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[Federal Register: May 19, 1994]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Identification of Foreign Countries That Deny Adequate and
Effective Intellectual Property Protection or Market Access to Persons
That Rely on Intellectual Property Protection
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of identification of foreign countries that deny
adequate and effective intellectual property protection, or deny fair
and equitable market access to persons who rely on intellectual
property protection, pursuant to section 182(a) and section 182(e) of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Trade Act).
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 182(a) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2242),
the USTR has identified 36 countries that deny adequate and effective
intellectual property protection or deny fair and equitable market
access to persons who rely on intellectual property protection. Three
trading partners, Argentina, China and India, were identified as
presenting particularly serious problems requiring a review of their
status in 60 days; six trading partners were placed on the priority
watch list; and eighteen trading partners were placed on the watch
list. Nine other countries received special mention. No countries were
designated priority foreign countries under section 182(a)(2) of the
Trade Act.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The USTR's identification was made on April 30, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Papovich, Deputy Assistant USTR for Intellectual Property (202)
395-6864, Keith Kupferschmid, Director for Intellectual Property (202)
395-6864, or Thomas Robertson, Assistant General Counsel (202) 395-
6800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 182(a) of the Trade Act requires the
USTR to identify foreign countries that deny adequate and effective
protection of intellectual property rights or that deny fair and
equitable market access for persons that rely on intellectual property
protection. From among these identified foreign countries, the USTR
must designate as ``priority foreign countries'' those countries whose
acts, policies or practices are the most onerous or egregious and have
the greatest adverse impact (actual or potential) on relevant U.S.
products. Countries may not be identified as priority foreign countries
if they are engaged in good faith negotiations, or making significant
progress in multilateral or bilateral negotiations to provide adequate
and effective protection or enforcement of intellectual property
rights.
Although the USTR identified no priority foreign countries in the
1994 special 301 review, he did note that Argentina, China and India
presented particularly serious problems. The USTR stated that the
status of each of these countries would be revisited in 60 days, and
that if satisfactory progress had not been made by that time, they
would be designated priority foreign countries.
The USTR also named trading partners to the administratively-
created priority watch list and watch list. The trading partners named
to the priority watch list include the European Union, Japan, Korea,
Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Turkey. The trading partners named to the
watch list include Australia, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, El
Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Italy, Pakistan, Peru, the
Philippines, Poland, Spain, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, and
Venezuela. Four of these trading partners--Egypt, El Salvador, Greece
and the United Arab Emirates--will be subject to out-of-cycle reviews,
which are formal mid-year reviews when the USTR will determine whether
the problems or practices that resulted in those countries being placed
on the list have been addressed. Finally, the trading partners
warranting special mention of their practices, but not warranting
placement on a formal list, include Brazil, Canada, Germany, Honduras,
Israel, Panama, Paraguay, Russia and Singapore.
Ira S. Shapiro,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 94-12199 Filed 5-18-94; 8:45 am]
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