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International Trade
Newsletter - May 30, 2002
 
In this Issue...
Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
 
 May 30, 2002
 

  • The USTR has issued the 2002 Comprehensive Report on U.S. Trade and Investment Policy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa and Implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The document, which is required by the Act, reports that U.S. imports from sub-Saharan Africa increased 61.5 percent over the last two years, and that U.S. exports to the region grew to record levels of nearly $7 billion in 2001. The report also provides expanded country information on AGOA-related trade and investment activities, and a section on potential free trade agreements with sub-Saharan African countries. A copy of the report is available http://www.ustr.gov/reports/2002agoa.PDF.
  • The USTR has announced the procedures for submitting additional requests for the exclusion of products from the safeguard measure established on certain steel products. (See Federal Register notice published on October 26, 2001, at 66 FR 54321). Additional information and the procedures to be followed are available at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&docid=02-12624-filed.
  • The USTR is initiating an environmental review of the multilateral negotiations launched in November 2001 at the World Trade Organization's Fourth Ministerial Meeting in Doha, Qatar, scheduled for conclusion by January 1, 2005. The USTR requests written public comments on the scope of the environmental review, including any reasonably foreseeable significant positive and negative environmental effects that might flow from economic changes attributable to the prospective agreements, and potential implications for environmental laws, regulations and other measures. Comments should be received no later than July 26, 2002. Further information is available http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&docid=02-12120-filed.