Super 301

Super 301 in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the name commonly given to Section 1302 of the 1988 United States Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act. The entries on trade policy are here. It requires USTR (the United States Trade Representative) to prepare a report annually on United States trade expansion priorities which identifies “priority foreign country practices, the elimination of which is likely to have the most significant potential to increase United States exports, either directly or through the establishment of a beneficial precedent”. This original Super 301 also required the identification of priority foreign countries, but this was changed to priority foreign country practices alone in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. The entries on trade policy are here. In practice, the effect is the same. The entries on trade policy are here. At the same time, USTR was authorized to report on foreign country practices that may in the future warrant identification as priority foreign country practices. Super 301 differs from Section 301 in that it concentrates on systemic unfair trade practices. Super 301 was originally enacted for the years 1989 and 1990. The entries on trade policy are here. It requires periodic renewal by the President. See also Special 301.[1]

Super 301in the wold Encyclopedia

For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Super 301” entry (OAS)

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