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September 18, 2011, until on or about 

December 10, 2011, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these Determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. 

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: February 28, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5124 Filed 3–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Dispute No. WTO/DS414] 

WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding 

Regarding China—Countervailing and 

Anti-Dumping Duties on Grain 

Oriented Flat-rolled Electrical Steel 

From the United States 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is 

providing notice that on February 11, 

2011, the United States requested the 

establishment of a dispute settlement 

panel under the Marrakesh Agreement 

Establishing the World Trade 

Organization (‘‘WTO Agreement’’) with 

the People’s Republic of China (‘‘China’’) 

concerning countervailing and antidumping duties on Grain Oriented Flatrolled Electrical Steel (‘‘GOES’’) from the 

United States. That request may be 

found at http://www.wto.org, in a 

document designated as WT/DS414/2. 

USTR invites written comments from 

the public concerning the issues raised 

in this dispute. 

DATES: Although USTR will accept any 

comments received during the course of 

the dispute settlement proceedings, 

comments should be submitted on or 

before May 2, 2011, to be assured of 

timely consideration by USTR. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be 

submitted electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2010–0027. If you are unable to 

provide submissions by http:// 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. If (as explained below) the 

comment contains confidential 

information, then the comment should 

be submitted by fax only to Sandy 

McKinzy at (202) 395–3640. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Laroski, Associate General 

Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative; or Joseph Rieras, 

Assistant General Counsel, Office of the 

United States Trade Representative. 

Contact information is: 600 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395– 

3150. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

127(b)(1) of the Uruguay Round 

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’) (19 U.S.C. 

3527(b)(1)) requires that notice and 

opportunity for comment be provided 

after the United States submits or 

receives a request for establishment of a 

WTO dispute settlement panel. 

Consistent with this obligation, USTR is 

providing notice that the United States 

has requested a panel pursuant to the 

WTO Understanding on Rules and 

Procedures Governing the Settlement of 

Disputes (‘‘DSU’’). Once it is established 

pursuant to the panel will hold its 

meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, and 

would be expected to issue a report on 

its findings and recommendations 

within nine months after it is 

established. 

Major Issues Raised by the United 

States 

The United States considers that 

certain measures imposing 

countervailing duties and anti-dumping 

duties on GOES from the United States 

are inconsistent with China’s 

commitments and obligations under the 

WTO Agreement. The measures are set 

forth in the Ministry of Commerce of the 

People’s Republic of China 

(‘‘MOFCOM’’) Notice No. 21 [2010], 

including its annexes. These measures 

appear to be inconsistent with Articles 

1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 6.4, 6.5.1, 6.8, 6.9, 12.2, 

12.2.2, and Paragraph 1 of Annex II of 

the Anti Dumping Agreement; Articles 

10, 11.2, 11.3, 12.3, 12.4.1, 12.7, 12.8, 

15.1, 15.2, 15.5, 22.3, and 22.5 of the 

Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 

Agreement; and Article VI of the GATT 

1994. On September 15, 2010, the 

United States requested consultations 

with China. That request may be found 

at http://www.wto.org contained in a 

document designated as WT/DS414/1. 

The United States and China held 

consultations on November 1, 2010, but 

the consultations did not resolve the 

matter. 

Public Comment: Requirements for 

Submissions 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments concerning 

the issues raised in this dispute. Persons 

may submit public comments 

electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2010–0027. If you are unable to 

provide submissions by http:// 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

To submit comments via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2010–0027 on the home 

page and click ‘‘search’’. The site will 

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a reference to this notice by 

selecting ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document 

Type’’ on the left side of the searchresults page, and click on the link 

entitled ‘‘Submit a Comment.’’ (For 

further information on using the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site, 

please consult the resources provided 

on the Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to 

Use This Site’’ on the left side of the 

home page.) 

The http://www.regulations.gov site 

provides the option of providing 

comments by filling in a ‘‘Type 

Comment and Upload File’’ field, or by 

attaching a document. It is expected that 

most comments will be provided in an 

attached document. If a document is 

attached, it is sufficient to type ‘‘See 

attached’’ in the ‘‘Type Comment and 

Upload File’’ field. 

A person requesting that information 

contained in a comment submitted by 

that person be treated as confidential 

business information must certify that 

such information is business 

confidential and would not customarily 

be released to the public by the 

submitter. Confidential business 

information must be clearly designated 

as such and the submission must be 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ at 

the top and bottom of the cover page 

and each succeeding page. Any 

comment containing business 

confidential information must be 

submitted by fax to Sandy McKinzy at 

(202) 395–3640. A non-confidential 

summary of the confidential 

information must be submitted to 

http://www.regulations.gov. The nonconfidential summary will be placed in 

the docket and open to public 

inspection. 

Information or advice contained in a 

comment submitted, other than business 

confidential information, may be 

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in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of 

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that 

information or advice may qualify as 

such, the submitter— 

(1) Must clearly so designate the 

information or advice; 

(2) Must clearly mark the material as 

‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ at the 

top and bottom of the cover page and 

each succeeding page; and 

(3) Must provide a non-confidential 

summary of the information or advice. 

Any comment containing confidential 

information must be submitted by fax. A 

non-confidential summary of the 

confidential information must be 

submitted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The nonconfidential summary will be placed in 

the docket and open to public 

inspection. 

Pursuant to section 127(e) of the 

URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will 

maintain a docket on this dispute 

settlement proceeding accessible to the 

public. The public file will include nonconfidential comments received by 

USTR from the public with respect to 

the dispute. If a dispute settlement 

panel is convened or in the event of an 

appeal from such a panel, the U.S. 

submissions, any non-confidential 

submissions, or non-confidential 

summaries of submissions, received 

from other participants in the dispute, 

will be made available to the public on 

USTR’s Web site at http://www.ustr.gov, 

and the report of the panel, and, if 

applicable, the report of the Appellate 

Body, will be available on the Web site 

of the World Trade Organization, 

http://www.wto.org. Comments open to 

public inspection may be viewed on the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Bradford Ward, 

Acting Assistant United States Trade 

Representative for Monitoring and 

Enforcement. 

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BILLING CODE 3190–W1–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Dispute No. WTO/DS413] 

WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding 

Regarding China—Certain Measures 

Affecting Electronic Payment Services 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is 

providing notice that on February 11, 

2011, the United States requested 

establishment of a dispute settlement 

panel under the Marrakesh Agreement 

Establishing the World Trade 

Organization (‘‘WTO Agreement’’) with 

the People’s Republic of China (‘‘China’’) 

concerning certain restrictions and 

requirements maintained by China 

affecting electronic payment services for 

payment card transactions and the 

suppliers of those services. That request 

may be found at http://www.wto.org 

contained in a document designated as 

WT/DS413/2. USTR invites written 

comments from the public concerning 

the issues raised in this dispute. 

DATES: Although USTR will accept any 

comments received during the course of 

the dispute settlement proceedings, 

comments should be submitted on or 

before May 2, 2011, to be assured of 

timely consideration by USTR. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be 

submitted electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2010–026. If you are unable to 

provide submissions to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. If (as explained below) the 

comment contains confidential 

information, then the comment should 

be submitted by fax only to Sandy 

McKinzy at (202) 395–3640. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank J. Schweitzer, Associate General 

Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395– 

3150. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

127(b)(1) of the Uruguay Round 

Agreements Act (URAA) (19 U.S.C. 

3537(b)(1)) requires that notice and 

opportunity for comment be provided 

after the United States submits or 

receives a request for establishment of a 

WTO dispute settlement panel. 

Consistent with this obligation, USTR is 

providing notice that it has requested a 

panel pursuant to the WTO 

Understanding on Rules and Procedures 

Governing the Settlement of Disputes 

(‘‘DSU’’). Once it is established, the 

panel will hold its meetings in Geneva, 

Switzerland, and would be expected to 

issue a report on its findings and 

recommendations within nine months 

of its establishment. 

Major Issues Raised by the United 

States 

On September 15, 2010, the United 

States requested consultations with 

China concerning issues relating to 

certain restrictions and requirements 

maintained by China affecting electronic 

payment services for payment card 

transactions and the suppliers of those 

services. Electronic payment services 

involve the services through which 

transactions involving credit card, debit 

card, charge card, check card, 

automated teller machine (‘‘ATM’’) card, 

prepaid card, or other similar card or 

money transmission product, are 

processed and through which transfers 

of funds between institutions 

participating in the transactions are 

managed and facilitated. In the financial 

services sector, as set out in China’s 

Schedule of Specific Commitments on 

Services annexed to the Protocol on the 

Accession of the People’s Republic of 

China, China undertook both market 

access and national treatment 

commitments with respect to these 

services. 

Despite its GATS commitments, 

China imposes market access 

restrictions and requirements on service 

suppliers of other Members seeking to 

supply electronic payment services in 

China. China UnionPay (‘‘CUP’’), a 

Chinese entity, is the only entity that 

China permits to supply electronic 

payment services for payment card 

transactions denominated and paid in 

renminbi (‘‘RMB’’) in China. China also 

requires the handling by CUP of all 

RMB transactions in Macao or Hong 

Kong using payment cards issued in 

Mainland China, as well as any RMB 

transactions in Mainland China using 

RMB payment cards issued in Hong 

Kong, China or Macao, China. 

In addition, China requires all 

payment card processing devices at 

merchant locations, all ATMs, and all 

point-of-sale (‘‘POS’’) terminals in China 

to be compatible with CUP’s system and 

capable of accepting CUP payment 

cards. China also requires that all 

acquiring institutions post the CUP logo 

and be capable of accepting all payment 

cards bearing the CUP logo. China 

further requires that all payment cards, 

including ‘‘dual currency’’ cards, issued 

in China capable of being used for 

transactions denominated and paid in 

RMB bear the CUP logo. These measures 

do not impose similar requirements 

regarding non-CUP payment cards or to 

transactions using non-CUP payment 

cards. China also requires that all interbank transactions involving payment 

cards be handled through CUP. China 

prohibits the use of non-CUP payment 

cards for cross-region or inter-bank 

transactions. 

The United States considers that these 

measures are inconsistent with China’s 

obligations under GATS Article XVI:1 to 

accord services and services suppliers of 

any other Member treatment no less 

favorable than that provided for in 


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