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methodology the commenter used to 

derive the estimate. Commenters should 

express estimates within the following 

value ranges: less than $5 million; $5 

million to $25 million; $25 million to 

$50 million; $50 million to $100 

million; $100 million to $500 million; 

or, over $500 million. These estimates 

will help USTR conduct comparative 

analyses of a barrier’s effect over a range 

of industries. 

4. Requirements for Submissions 

In order to be assured of 

consideration, we must receive your 

written comments in English by 11:59 

p.m. on October 30, 2018. USTR 

strongly encourages commenters to 

make on-line submissions, using 

www.regulations.gov. On the first page, 

please identify the submission as 

‘‘Comments Regarding Foreign Trade 

Barriers to U.S. Exports for 2019 

Reporting.’’ Commenters providing 

information on foreign trade barriers in 

more than one country should, 

whenever possible, provide a separate 

submission for each country. 

To submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2018–0029 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 and click 

on the link entitled ‘‘comment now!’’. 

For further information on using the 

www.regulations.gov website, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

website by clicking on ‘‘How to Use 

Regulations.gov’’ on the bottom of the 

home page. USTR will not accept handdelivered submissions. 

The www.regulations.gov website 

allows users to submit comments by 

filling in a ‘‘type comment’’ field or by 

attaching a document using an ‘‘upload 

file’’ field. USTR prefers that you submit 

comments in an attached document. If 

you attach a document, please identify 

the name of the country to which the 

submission pertains in the ‘‘type 

comment’’ field. For example: See 

attached comments with respect to 

(name of country). USTR prefers 

submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If you use an 

application other than those two, please 

indicate the name of the application in 

the ‘‘type comment’’ field. 

Filers submitting comments 

containing no business confidential 

information should name their file using 

the name of the person or entity 

submitting the comments. For any 

comments submitted electronically 

containing business confidential 

information, the file name of the 

business confidential version should 

begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. Any 

page containing business confidential 

information must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the 

top of that page. Filers of submissions 

containing business confidential 

information also must submit a public 

version of their comments that we will 

place in the docket for public 

inspection. The file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ should be 

followed by the name of the person or 

entity submitting the comments. 

Please do not attach separate cover 

letters to electronic submissions; rather, 

include any information that might 

appear in a cover letter in the comments 

themselves. Similarly, to the extent 

possible, please include any exhibits, 

annexes, or other attachments in the 

same file as the submission itself, not as 

separate files. 

As noted, USTR strongly urges that 

you file submissions through 

www.regulations.gov. You must make 

any alternative arrangements with 

Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395–3475 

before transmitting a comment and in 

advance of the relevant deadline. 

USTR will post comments in the 

docket for public inspection, except 

business confidential information. You 

can view comments on the https://

www.regulations.gov website by 

entering docket number USTR–2018– 

0029 in the search field on the home 

page. General information concerning 

USTR is available at www.ustr.gov. 

Edward Gresser, 

Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket Number USTR–2018–0030] 

Request for Comments and Notice of 

Public Hearing Concerning China’s 

Compliance With WTO Commitments 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The interagency Trade Policy 

Staff Committee (TPSC) invites 

interested persons to submit written 

comments and participate in a public 

hearing to assist the Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) in 

the preparation of its annual report to 

the Congress on China’s compliance 

with the commitments made in 

connection with its accession to the 

World Trade Organization (WTO). 

DATES: September 19, 2018 at midnight 

EDT: Deadline for submission of 

comments, and requests to appear and 

summaries of testimony at the October 

3, 2018 public hearing. October 3, 2018: 

The TPSC will convene a public hearing 

in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F Street NW, 

Washington DC 20508, beginning at 9:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions made through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The instructions 

for submitting notification of intent to 

testify and/or written comments are in 

sections 3 and 4 below. The docket 

number is USTR–2018–0030. For 

alternatives to on-line submissions, 

contact Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395– 

3475 before transmitting a comment and 

in advance of the relevant deadline. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395–3475 for 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments or participation in the public 

hearing. Direct all other questions to 

Terrence J. McCartin, Acting Assistant 

United States Trade Representative for 

China Affairs, at (202) 395–3900, or 

Philip D. Chen, Chief Counsel for China 

Enforcement, at (202) 395–3150. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

China became a Member of the WTO 

on December 11, 2001. In accordance 

with section 421 of the U.S.-China 

Relations Act of 2000 (P.L. 106–286), 

USTR is required to submit, by 

December 11 of each year, a report to 

Congress on China’s compliance with 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO, including 

both multilateral commitments and any 

bilateral commitments made to the 

United States. In accordance with 

section 421, and to assist it in preparing 

this year’s report, the TPSC is soliciting 

public comments. You can find last 

year’s report on USTR’s website at 

https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/ 

Press/Reports/China%202017

%20WTO%20Report.pdf. 

The terms of China’s accession to the 

WTO are contained in the Protocol on 

the Accession of the People’s Republic 

of China (including its annexes) 

(Protocol), the Report of the Working 

Party on the Accession of China 

(Working Party Report), and the WTO 

agreements. You can find the Protocol 

and Working Party Report on the WTO 

website at http://docsonline.wto.org 

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MIN(01)/3, WT/MIN(01)/3/Add.1, WT/ 

MIN(01)/3/Add.2). 

2. Topics on Which the TPSC Seeks 

Information 

The TPSC invites written comments 

and/or oral testimony of interested 

persons on China’s compliance with 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO, including, but 

not limited to, commitments in the 

following areas: 

A. Trading rights. 

B. Import regulation (e.g., tariffs, 

tariff-rate quotas, quotas, import 

licenses). 

C. Export regulation. 

D. Internal policies affecting trade 

(e.g., subsidies, standards and technical 

regulations, sanitary and phytosanitary 

measures, government procurement, 

trade-related investment measures, taxes 

and charges levied on imports and 

exports). 

E. Intellectual property rights 

(including intellectual property rights 

enforcement). 

F. Services. 

G. Rule of law issues (e.g., 

transparency, judicial review, uniform 

administration of laws and regulations) 

and status of legal reform. 

H. Other WTO commitments. 

In addition, given the United States’ 

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 by USTR’s China 

Enforcement Task Force. 

3. Notice of Public Hearing 

The TPSC will hold a hearing on 

October 3, 2018, beginning at 9:30 a.m., 

to receive information regarding China’s 

compliance with WTO commitments. 

The hearing will be held in Rooms 1 

and 2, 1724 F Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20508, and will be open to the 

public and to the press. A transcript of 

the hearing will be available on 

www.regulations.gov within 

approximately two weeks after the date 

of the hearing. 

All interested parties wishing to make 

an oral presentation at the hearing must 

submit, following the Requirements for 

Submissions below, the name, address, 

telephone number, and email address, if 

available, of the witness(es) representing 

their organization no later than 

midnight on September 19, 2018. 

Requests to present oral testimony must 

be accompanied by a written summary 

of the proposed testimony, in English. 

The TPSC will limit oral testimony to 

five-minute presentations that 

summarize or supplement information 

contained in briefs or statements 

submitted for the record to allow for 

possible questions from the TPSC. 

4. Requirements for Submissions 

In order to be assured of 

consideration, we must receive your 

notification of intent to testify and/or 

written comments in English by 11:59 

p.m. on September 19, 2018. USTR 

strongly encourages commenters to 

make on-line submissions, using 

www.regulations.gov. On the first page, 

please identify the submission as 

‘‘China’s WTO Compliance.’’ 

To submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2018–0030 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 and click 

on the link entitled ‘‘comment now!’’. 

For further information on using the 

www.regulations.gov website, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

website by clicking on ‘‘How to Use 

Regulations.gov’’ on the bottom of the 

home page. USTR will not accept handdelivered submissions. 

The www.regulations.gov website 

allows users to submit comments by 

filling in a ‘‘type comment’’ field or by 

attaching a document using an ‘‘upload 

file’’ field. USTR prefers that you submit 

comments in an attached document. If 

you attach a document, it is sufficient to 

type ‘‘see attached’’ in the ‘‘type 

comment’’ field. USTR prefers 

submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If you use an 

application other than those two, please 

indicate the name of the application in 

the ‘‘type comment’’ field. 

Filers submitting comments 

containing no business confidential 

information should name their file using 

the name of the person or entity 

submitting the comments. For any 

comments submitted electronically 

containing business confidential 

information, the file name of the 

business confidential version should 

begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. Any 

page containing business confidential 

information must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the 

top of that page. Filers of submissions 

containing business confidential 

information also must submit a public 

version of their comments that we will 

place in the docket for public 

inspection. The file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ should be 

followed by the name of the person or 

entity submitting the comments. 

Please do not attach separate cover 

letters to electronic submissions; rather, 

include any information that might 

appear in a cover letter in the comments 

themselves. Similarly, to the extent 

possible, please include any exhibits, 

annexes, or other attachments in the 

same file as the submission itself, not as 

separate files. 

As noted, USTR strongly urges that 

you file submissions through 

www.regulations.gov. You must make 

any alternative arrangements with 

Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395–3475 

before transmitting a comment and in 

advance of the relevant deadline. 

USTR will post comments in the 

docket for public inspection, except 

business confidential information. You 

can view comments on the https://

www.regulations.gov website by 

entering docket number USTR–2018– 

0030 in the search field on the home 

page. General information concerning 

USTR is available at www.ustr.gov. 

Edward Gresser, 

Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Disposal of 

Aeronautical Property at McGhee 

Tyson Airport, Alcoa, TN (TYS) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration is requesting public 

comment on a request by the 

Metropolitan Knoxville Airport 

Authority (MKAA), to release 

approximately 59.093 acres of land at 

McGhee Tyson Airport from federal 

obligations. This release is being issued 

for the relocation of the existing 

alignment of State Route 115 (U.S. 129/ 

Alcoa Highway) at the location 

commonly referred to as the Hunt Road 

interchange. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 24, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice 

may be mailed or delivered in triplicate 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Memphis Airports District Office, Attn: 

Jamal Stovall, Community Planner, 2600 

Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, 

Memphis, TN 38118. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 


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