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October 7, 2011

Volume 104 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Announcements for the Week of Oct. 3-7, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

U.S Trade Representative Ron Kirk Calls for Swift Passage of Trade Agreements

October 3, 2011 - United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk today called for swift congressional action on legislation for pending trade agreements between the United States and South Korea, Colombia, and Panama, along with renewal of Trade Adjustment Assistance reforms and expired trade preference programs. President Barack Obama formally submitted http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=6lcilzcab&et=1108019848827&s=9878&e=001BV1pOnkufGDe1fO0tNZ0RXRZyncizjtNHc3Fz-x0XnBu4GGeGlna_C784SqqvymHSEolF2vdflkQpjZfsuCSYfWHrk5tnVgFxmNurJTOK3CS8tWVkSHYgjlTG71ZfrbVdWk3Fa36Teta_pHMdtk_qjnHSot1uFirxQjOHBwStiKQO8293i18HFFpJCoOCKpos7ehy6WlyhZygZcevbfyHVm3phmgCd7nkFouKcAbRftdz7me3-t3ap6LmOFL9qMl4Ggsf3WYg-w= the legislation for the three pending trade agreements to Congress today.

"Growing American exports to South Korea, Colombia, and Panama will support tens of thousands of jobs here at home. We must take every opportunity to get America back to work, and Congress should pass these agreements without delay," said Ambassador Kirk. "The House should also support jobs for American workers by supporting targeted assistance and training for those who may be displaced by trade. Taken together, the pending trade agreements and Trade Adjustment Assistance advance a balanced trade agenda that opens new markets for our exporters and new opportunities for America's working families."

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Partners Sign Groundbreaking Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

October 1, 2011 - The United States and seven other countries signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) at a ceremony today in Tokyo, marking an important step forward in the international fight against trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy.

Between 10 and 20 million American jobs depend on intellectual property rights, according to studies and industry estimates. The ACTA aims to strengthen enforcement of those rights around the world, providing greater protection for U.S. exporters in innovative and creative industries.

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United States Details China and India Subsidy Programs in Submission to WTO

October 6, 2011 - U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced today that the United States has submitted information to the World Trade Organization (WTO) identifying nearly 200 subsidy programs that China has failed to notify as required under WTO rules. Information was also submitted on 50 subsidy programs in India not previously notified. Through these actions at the WTO, the United States is seeking the prompt provision of detailed information and data from China and India regarding the operation of these subsidy programs.

"The situation was simply intolerable," said Ambassador Kirk. "Every member of the WTO is required to come clean on its subsidy programs on a regular basis. China has not notified its subsidy programs in over five years. India only recently filed its first notification in almost ten years, and even then notified only three of the many subsidy programs we know to exist. Because China and India have failed to meet their respective obligations, we had to act - as we are entitled to under the WTO rules - and provide the voluminous information we have developed regarding subsidy programs in these two countries."

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United States and Tunisia Re-Launch Bilateral Trade and Investment Talks in Support of Tunisia's Democratic Transition

October 5, 2011 - Last week, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East L. Daniel Mullaney and Assistant United States Trade Representative for Services and Investment Christine Bliss led a U.S. delegation in talks with the Government of Tunisia. The talks were focused on re-launching discussions under the 2002 bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). The U.S. delegation, which included officials from USTR and the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, also held several meetings with representatives of the Tunisian business community and private sector.

"The United States strongly supports Tunisia's transition to democracy and to an open economic system governed by the rule of law," said Mullaney. "We believe that enhancing U.S. trade and investment integration with Tunisia to increase economic growth and jobs is an important part of the support we can give to this process. We are pleased to be re-launching the TIFA and will propose holding a full bilateral TIFA Council meeting in the coming months."

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Readout of Ambassador Kirk's Meeting with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalovand

October 3, 2011 - Today, Ambassador Kirk met with First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov at the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington, D.C. They discussed a range of issues, with a focus on Russia's World Trade Organization (WTO) accession negotiations, which have entered a final phase. Ambassador Kirk expressed confidence that remaining issues, including satisfactory resolution of bilateral discussions between Russia and Georgia, would be addressed constructively and in a manner enabling Russia to meet its objective of concluding the WTO negotiations by the end of the year.

"I was pleased to welcome Minister Shuvalov to Washington today," said Ambassador Kirk. "We had a very productive conversation about Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization. Russia has made great progress on its accession bid. I look forward to continuing to work with Minister Shuvalov and others in Russia as the process moves towards its successful conclusion."

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Joint Press Statement of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Negotiating Parties

October 1, 2011 - Today representatives from Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement at a Tokyo signing ceremony hosted by the Government of Japan.

Representatives of eight governments - Australia, Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States - signed the Agreement, and took a major step toward its entry into force. Representatives of the European Union, Mexico, and Switzerland attended the ceremony and confirmed their continuing strong support for and preparations to sign the Agreement as soon as practicable. All participants expressed their firm resolve to work cooperatively to achieve the Agreement's prompt entry into force, and to support actively its goals.

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Statement by United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

October 1, 2011 - Ambassador Kirk issued the following statement regarding today's signing ceremony for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA):

"We are pleased that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is the product of close cooperation between the United States and Japan."

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GUEST BLOG: Standards Boost Business

October 6, 2011 -

S. Joe Bhatia, CEO and President of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), has advice for American companies on a topic we don't see very often in the news. Streamlining standards and conformance procedures is becoming increasingly essential in an increasingly complex global economy, and is extremely important to business competitiveness and global trade. Standards apply to the quality, safety, intellectual property, and environmental performance of both manufactured products and services. For example, standards in manufacturing are important for American businesses to increase productivity and reduce costs. Standards in energy efficiency can encourage businesses abroad to match the stricter but environmentally-friendly standards of production that many American companies already follow.

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Additional Statements Regarding the President's Submission to Congress of the Korea, Colombia, and Panama Trade Agreements

October 5, 2011 -

Please see below additional statements applauding the announcement of the President's submission of legislation for the pending U.S.-Korea, U.S.-Colombia, and U.S.-Panama trade agreements.

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Ambassador Kirk: Trade Agreements Will Help Create Export-Supported Jobs in America

October 4, 2011 - Today, Ambassador Kirk wrote a guest blog post on how the trade agreements will help create export-supported jobs on WhiteHouse.gov. Read the full blog post below.

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"Balanced trade would fuel U.S. jobs"

October 3, 2011 -

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Statements Regarding the President's Submission to Congress of the South Korea, Colombia, and Panama Trade Agreements

October 3, 2011 -

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Statements of Support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

October 3, 2011 -

Below please see statements of support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) from various elected officials, the business community, and advocacy groups.

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IN THIS ISSUE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Announcements

U.S Trade Representative Ron Kirk Calls for Swift Passage of Trade Agreements

Partners Sign Groundbreaking Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

United States Details China and India Subsidy Programs in Submission to WTO

United States and Tunisia Re-Launch Bilateral Trade and Investment Talks in Support of Tunisia's Democratic Transition

Readout of Ambassador Kirk's Meeting with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov

Joint Press Statement of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Negotiating Parties

Statement by United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ================================================================================

USTR.gov Headlines

GUEST BLOG: Standards Boost Business

Additional Statements Regarding the President's Submission to Congress of the Korea, Colombia, and Panama Trade Agreements

Ambassador Kirk: Trade Agreements Will Help Create Export-Supported Jobs in America

"Balanced trade would fuel U.S. jobs"

Statements Regarding the President's Submission to Congress of the South Korea, Colombia, and Panama Trade Agreements

Statements of Support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ================================================================================

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RECENT EVENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ambassadors Kirk and Sapiro met with the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Igor Shuvalov

Ambassador Marantis co-chaired a high-level meeting of the U.S.-Japan Economic Harmonization Initiative with the Japanese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shinichi Nishimiya

Ambassador Siddiqui met with Roger Johnson and Chandler Goule of the National Farmers Union

General Counsel Tim Reif delivered remarks at the International Compliance Professionals Association conference in Chicago

The Office of the United States Trade Representative chaired a public hearing on China's compliance with its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments

General Counsel Tim Reif met with the Acting Director for WTO, OECD and Dual Use Affairs at the European Commission Directorate-General for Trade, Ditte Juul-Joergensen

Ambassador Kirk traveled to Dallas and Fort Worth to discuss the American Jobs Act and the pending trade agreements with Korea, Panama, Colombia, and Trade Adjustment Assistance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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