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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 155 / Monday, August 16, 2021 / Notices
Dated: August 11, 2021.
David Fountain, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http
www.regulations.gov REGS.GOV.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments in section III below. The docket number is USTR20210014. For alternatives to online submissions, please contact Spencer Smith at Spencer.L.Smith2@ustr.eop.gov or 202
3952974 before transmitting a comment and in advance of the relevant deadline.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For procedural questions concerning written comments, contact Spencer Smith at Spencer.L.Smith2@ustr.eop.gov or 202
3952974. Direct all other questions to Betsy Hafner, Deputy Assistant U.S.
Trade Representative for Russia and Eurasia at Elizabeth_Hafner@
ustr.eop.gov or 202 3959124.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Background
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Russia became a Member of the WTO
on August 22, 2012, and on December 21, 2012, following the termination of the application of the Jackson-Vanik amendment to Russia and the extension of permanent normal trade relations to the products of Russia, the United States and Russia both filed letters with the WTO withdrawing their notices of nonapplication and consenting to have the WTO Agreement apply between them.
In accordance with Section 201a of the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 Pub. L.
112208, USTR is required annually to submit a report to Congress on the extent to which Russia is implementing the WTO Agreement, including the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
The report also must assess Russias progress on acceding to and implementing the Information Technology Agreement ITA and the Government Procurement Agreement GPA. In addition, to the extent that USTR finds that Russia is not implementing fully any WTO agreement or is not making adequate progress in acceding to the ITA or the GPA, USTR
must describe in the report the actions it plans to take to encourage Russia to improve its implementation and/or increase its accession efforts. In accordance with Section 201a, and to assist it in preparing this years report, the TPSC is soliciting public comments.
The terms of Russias accession to the WTO are contained in the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and the Protocol on the Accession of the Russian Federation
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Docket Number USTR20210014

Request for Comments and Notice of Public Hearing Concerning Russias Implementation of Its WTO
Commitments Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Request for comments and notice of public hearing.
AGENCY:

The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee TPSC is seeking public comments to assist the Office of the United States Trade Representative USTR in the preparation of its annual report to Congress on Russias implementation of its obligations as a Member of the World Trade Organization WTO. Due to COVID19, the TPSC will foster public participation via written submissions rather than an in-person hearing. This notice includes the schedule for submission of comments and responses to questions from the TPSC for the Russia report.
DATES:
September 22, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
EDT: Deadline for submission of written comments for the 2021 Russia WTO
Implementation Report.
September 30, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
EDT: Deadline for the TPSC to pose questions on written comments.
October 20, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. EDT:
Deadline for submission of commenters responses to questions from the TPSC.
ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers electronic submissions made through
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to the WTO including its annexes Protocol. The Report of the Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation Working Party Report provides detail and context to the commitments listed in the Protocol. You can find the Protocol and Working Party Report on USTRs website at https
ustr.gov/node/5887 or on the WTO
website at http docsonline.wto.org document symbols: WT/ACC/RUS/70, WT/MIN11/2, WT/MIN11/24, WT/L/
839, WT/ACC/RUS/70/Add.1, WT/
MIN11/2/Add.1, WT/ACC/RUS/70/
Add.2, and WT/MIN11/2/Add.1..
II. Public Participation Due to COVID19, the TPSC will foster public participation via written submissions rather than an in-person hearing on Russias implementation of its WTO commitments. USTR invites public comments on Russias implementation according to the schedule set out in the Dates section above. Written comments should address Russias implementation of the commitments made in connection with its accession to the WTO, including, but not limited to, commitments in the following areas:
a. Import regulation e.g., tariffs, tariffrate quotas, quotas, import licenses.
b. Export regulation.
c. Subsidies.
d. Standards and technical regulations.
e. Sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
f. Trade-related investment measures including local content requirements.
g. Taxes and charges levied on imports and exports.
h. Other internal policies affecting trade.
i. Intellectual property rights including intellectual property rights enforcement.
j. Services.
k. Government procurement.
l. Rule of law issues e.g., transparency, judicial review, uniform administration of laws and regulations.
m. Other WTO commitments.
The TPSC will review comments and may ask clarifying questions to commenters. The TPSC will post the questions on the public docket, other than questions that include properly designated business confidential information BCI. USTR will send questions that include properly designated BCI to the relevant commenters by email, and will not post these questions on the public docket.
Replies to questions that contain BCI
must follow the procedures in section IV below.

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