Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 10, 2007 / Notices 57607 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket No. WTO/DS368] 

WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding 

Regarding U.S. Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Measures on 

Coated Free Sheet Paper From China 

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 September 14, 

2007, the People’s Republic of China 

(‘‘China’’) requested consultations with 

the United States under the Marrakesh 

Agreement Establishing the World 

Trade Organization (‘‘WTO Agreement’’) 

concerning certain U.S. preliminary 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

determinations involving coated free 

sheet paper imported from China 

(Department of Commerce Case Nos. A–

570–906 and A–570–907). That request 

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

contained in a document designated as 

WT/SD368/1. 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 consultations, comments should be 

submitted on or before October 31, 2007 

to be assured of timely consideration by 

USTR. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted (i) electronically, to 

FR0721@ustr.eop.gov, with ‘‘China 

Coated Paper (DS368)’’ in the subject 

line, or (ii) by fax, to Sandy McKinzy at 

(202) 395–3640, with a confirmation 

copy sent electronically to the electronic 

mail address above, in accordance with 

the requirements for submission set out 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James P. Kelleher, Associate General 

Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC, (202) 395–3150. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

127(b) 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 the establishment 

of a WTO dispute settlement panel. In 

an effort to provide additional 

opportunity for comment, USTR is 

providing notice that consultations have 

been requested pursuant to the WTO 

Understanding on Rules and Procedures 

Governing the Settlement of Disputes 

(‘‘DSU’’). If such consultations should 

fail to resolve the matter and a dispute 

settlement panel is established pursuant 

to the DSU, such panel, which would 

hold its meetings in Geneva, 

Switzerland, would be expected to issue 

a report on its findings and 

recommendations within approximately 

nine months after it is established. 

Major Issues Raised by China 

China’s consultations request 

concerns the Department of Commerce’s 

preliminary antidumping and 

countervailing duty determinations 

regarding coated free sheet paper 

imported from China: 

• ‘‘Preliminary Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of 

Final Determination: Coated Free Sheet Paper 

from the People’s Republic of China,’’ (72 

Federal Register (‘‘FR’’) 30758 of 4 June 

2007); and 

• ‘‘Coated Free Sheet Paper from China: 

Amended Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination,’’ (72 FR 

17484 of 9 April 2007). 

With respect to these preliminary 

determinations, China’s request raises 

issues regarding (1) the determinations 

that the countervailed subsidies were 

‘‘specific’’ or limited to certain 

industries or companies, (2) the benefit 

calculation for a government loan 

program, (3) the calculation of the 

amount of subsidy, and (4) the 

calculation of the amount of dumping. 

Public Comment: Requirements for 

Submissions 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments concerning 

the issues raised in the dispute. 

Comments should be submitted (i) 

electronically, to FR0721@ustr.eop.gov, 

with ‘‘China Coated Paper (DS368)’’ in 

the subject line, or (ii) by fax, to Sandy 

McKinzy at (202) 395–3640, with a 

confirmation copy sent electronically to 

the electronic mail address above. 

USTR encourages the submission of 

documents in Adobe PDF format as 

attachments to an electronic mail. 

Interested persons who make 

submissions by electronic mail should 

not provide separate cover letters; 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

submission itself. Similarly, to the 

extent possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

Comments must be in English. 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 

commenter. Confidential business 

information must be clearly designated 

as such and ‘‘BUSINESS 

CONFIDENTIAL’’ must be marked at the 

top and bottom of the cover page and 

each succeeding page. Persons who 

submit confidential business 

information are encouraged also to 

provide a non-confidential summary of 

the information. 

Information or advice contained in a 

comment submitted, other than business 

confidential information, may be 

determined by USTR to be confidential 

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) is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the 

information or advice. 

Pursuant to section 127(e) of the 

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

maintain a file on this dispute 

settlement proceeding, accessible to the 

public, in the USTR Reading Room, 

which is located at 1724 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20508. The public file 

will include non-confidential 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; the submissions, 

or non-confidential summaries of 

submissions, received from other 

participants in the dispute; the report of 

the panel; and, if applicable, the report 

of the Appellate Body. The USTR 

Reading Room is open to the public, by 

appointment only, from 10 a.m. to noon 

and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. An appointment to review the 

public file (Docket WTO/DS–368 China 

Coated Paper) may be made by calling 

the USTR Reading Room at (202) 395–

6186. 

Daniel Brinza, 

Assistant United States Trade Representative 

for Monitoring and Enforcement. 

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