USTR Seeks Comments for Annual Chinese WTO Compliance Report

Comments are due Sept. 28 in docket USTR-2022-0012 for the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) to help the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative prepare its annual report to Congress on China’s compliance with its World Trade Organization commitments, said a notice for Monday’s Federal Register. Oct. 12 is the deadline for the TPSC to pose written questions on the written comments, and responses to those questions will be due Oct. 26, said the notice. Amid the U.S. view that China “should be held accountable as a full participant in, and beneficiary of, the international trading system, USTR requests that interested persons specifically identify unresolved compliance issues that warrant review and evaluation,” it said. USTR's report to Congress on Chinese WTO compliance is due each year "on or about" Dec. 11, on the anniversary when China joined the WTO in 2001, said the notice.