3382 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 12 / Thursday, January 18, 2024 / Notices 

32. Shaw Pipe Protecction 

33. Shaw Pipe Protection 

34. Tenaris Algoma Tubes Facility 

35. Tenaris Prudential 

36. Welded Tube of Can Ltd 

[FR Doc. 2024–00904 Filed 1–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Announcement of U.S. Company 

Recruitment for the March 11–12, 2024 

Presidential Trade and Investment 

Mission to the Philippines 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration (ITA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce is assisting the White House 

in recruitment of U.S. companies to 

participate in a Presidential Trade and 

Investment Mission to the Philippines. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elliott Brewer, Philippines Desk Officer, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: 202–430–8025; 

email: elliott.brewer@trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States seeks to send a 

Presidential Trade and Investment 

Mission (PTIM) to the Philippines from 

March 11–12, 2024. The intent to 

dispatch the PTIM was announced by 

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on May 1, 

2023, during the visit of Philippine 

President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to 

Washington, DC. As described in the 

White House’s fact sheet on ‘‘Investing 

in the Special Friendship and Alliance 

Between the United States and the 

Philippines,’’ the purpose of the PTIM 

is to enhance U.S. companies’ 

investment in the Philippines’ 

innovation economy, its clean energy 

transition and critical minerals sector, 

and the food security of its people. The 

mission will feature the highest caliber 

of U.S. business leaders dedicated to 

strengthening U.S.-Philippine trade and 

investment ties in these areas. Trade 

mission delegates will meet with 

Government of Philippines officials in 

Manila to learn more about business 

development incentives and to discuss 

regulatory reforms. These discussions 

will help identify policy actions that 

support mutually beneficial economic 

and commercial outcomes. Trade 

mission delegates will also be able to 

join networking events with relevant 

local firms and business organizations 

to foster business-to-business trade and 

investment promotion opportunities. 

The U.S. Department of Commerce is 

assisting the White House in 

recruitment of U.S. companies to 

participate in the PTIM and welcomes 

statements of interest in participation in 

the PTIM from U.S.-headquartered 

companies that can help the United 

States and Philippines achieve the goals 

described above. Priority will be given 

to companies that are (1) willing to 

participate in the PTIM at the Chief 

Executive Officer, President, or other 

senior executive level, (2) conducting or 

developing plans to conduct business in 

both countries, and (3) engaged in work 

related to the clean energy transition, 

critical minerals sector, food security, or 

that promotes the Philippines’ 

innovation economy, including its 

digital transformation, and/or greater 

supply chain resilience. This list of 

business areas is not intended to be 

exhaustive. Each company that is 

selected will be permitted to have one 

primary representative at the Chief 

Executive Officer, President, or other 

senior executive level join the PTIM, 

along with one additional supporting 

representative. Company representatives 

must be able to travel to the Philippines 

and to locations in the United States to 

attend PTIM meetings, as well as PTIM 

preparatory meetings. Travel and inperson activities are contingent upon 

the safety and health conditions in the 

United States and the Philippines. 

Should safety or health conditions not 

be appropriate for travel and/or inperson activities, one or more meetings 

may be postponed or scheduled 

virtually instead. It is also possible that 

the entire mission would be postponed 

or cancelled in response to changes in 

safety or health conditions. 

No fees will be collected from trade 

mission delegates. Trade mission 

delegates and their sponsoring 

companies will be responsible for 

covering all travel, lodging, meals, and 

incidental expenses associated with the 

PTIM. 

Interested companies should submit 

the following information to the U.S. 

Department of Commerce at PTIM@

trade.gov by Tuesday, January 30, 2024: 

• Company Name; 

• Name of Chief Executive Officer or 

President; 

• U.S. State of Incorporation; 

• Corporate Headquarters; 

• Principal Place of Business; 

• Main Address (Street Address, City, 

State, and Zip Code); 

• List of Subsidiary or Affiliate 

Offices in Asia (including in the 

Philippines); 

• Industry Area(s); 

• Main Products and Services; 

• A brief (up to one page) Statement 

of Interest explaining: 

Æ Your company’s goals and 

qualifications for the mission. 

Æ How your company’s participation 

in the mission will strengthen U.S.- 

Philippines trade and investment ties. 

Æ How your company’s work can 

support the clean energy transition, 

critical minerals sector, food security, or 

innovation economy—including efforts 

to advance digital transformation and/or 

greater supply chain resilience in the 

Philippines. 

• Name, title, work email, phone 

number, and biography of your Chief 

Executive Officer, President, or other 

senior executive who would represent 

the company on the PTIM. 

• Name, title, work email, and phone 

number of the main working-level point 

of contact that will facilitate the senior 

executive’s participation in the mission. 

• Name, title, work email, phone 

number, and biography of one optional 

accompanying staff person (if 

applicable). 

The selection of companies for the 

PTIM will be evaluated on a 

comparative basis by: (1) the level of 

executive representation; (2) 

consistency of the applicant’s goals and 

objectives with the stated scope of the 

mission; (3) suitability of the applicant’s 

products or services to the Philippines 

market; and (4) the applicant’s potential 

for developing trade and investment 

opportunities in the Philippines market. 

Statements of interest received after 

January 30 will be considered only if 

space and scheduling constraints 

permit. Please direct any questions or 

requests for more information about the 

PTIM to Mr. Elliott Brewer at 202–430– 

8025 or elliott.brewer@trade.gov. 

David Nufrio, 

Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast 

Asia. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–475–819] 

Certain Pasta From Italy: Final Results 

of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2021 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies were provided 

to certain producers and exporters of 


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