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Trade Agreements
Monitoring and Compliance
Trade Agreements
Monitoring and Compliance
How contacting the TCC can help you
www.trade.gov/tcc Trade Compliance Center
Trade Compliance Center
• The TCC coordinates Commerce’s monitoring of and compliance with U.S. trade agreements and provides a gateway to a network of resources assisting exporters and investors in combating foreign trade barriers. What is trade agreements compliance and why is it important?
What is trade agreements compliance and why is it important?
• Assists you in gaining market access abroad
• Ensures foreign countries comply with U.S. trade agreements to level the international playing field.
• Promotes U.S. exports and supports U.S. jobs
• Creates confidence in and support for future trade agreements to open other markets What is Commerce’s Trade Agreements Monitoring and Compliance Program?
What is Commerce’s Trade Agreements Monitoring and Compliance Program?
• Top priority for the Commerce Department
• Comprised of 3 Key Elements:
– Pro-Active Monitoring
– Compliance Action and Case Work
– Outreach to U.S. Suppliers
• Coordinated with USTR, Department of State and other agencies Trade Agreements Monitoring:
What kinds of barriers do firms face?
Trade Agreements Monitoring:
What kinds of barriers do firms face?
• Excessive tariff and customs barriers
• Discriminatory rules of origin, certificates of origin, or import licensing requirements
• Burdensome standards, testing, labeling, or certification requirements
• Lack of Intellectual Property Rights protection
• Non-transparent government procurement procedures How We Identify Cases
How We Identify Cases
Direct Contact from Company
MAC Trade Agreement Specialists
Trade Agreements Compliance Program
Congress
MAC Country Desk Officers
Proactive Monitoring
Compliance Liaison Program
District Export Councils
Other Agencies and
Officers at Posts
Trade
Associations
MAS Specialists
U.S. Export Assistance Centers
Outreach and Training
State Organizations
Foreign Commercial Service
TCC Complaint Hotline www.trade.gov/tcc
Stop Fakes Website www.stopfakes.gov Submit your complaint to
The TCC’s Trade Complaint Hotline:
www.trade.gov/tcc
Submit your complaint to
The TCC’s Trade Complaint Hotline: TCC Receives Your Inquiry
TCC Receives Your Inquiry
• TCC Forms Team, bringing relevant experts into analysis
• Sends Interim response to you to let you know we are working on your inquiry
• Works with you toward a solution
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DOC Team Investigates Complaints
Team analyzes evidence and investigates
Identifies issue as unfair treatment or potential foreign trade barrier problem
Gathers additional facts and verifies information
Determines specific trade agreement obligation, if any
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DOC Team Attacks Complaint
Team Initiates Case
Identifies the company’s desired outcome(s) and sets success goal
Crafts Action Plan, outlining general strategy to successfully resolve issue
Involves other interagency resources, as needed
Presses for resolution as quickly as possible, short of dispute settlement
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Issue Resolution
Success !
Goal is reached and company is satisfied with USG assistance.
…Or your company withdraws for internal reasons or resolves case some other way.
…Or we determine that no further USG action is possible or desirable.
…Or together we decide to consider referral for formal dispute settlement. Use our Free Resources
Available from the TCC Web site: www.trade.gov/tcc
Use our Free Resources
Available from the TCC Web site: www.trade.gov/tcc
• TCC’s Trade Complaint “Hotline”
• Checklist of common trade problems
• Texts of over 270 trade agreements
• Exporter Guides: concise explanations in laymen’s terms of key trade agreements
• Market Access News
• WTO Standards Notifications — “Notify U.S.“
• Mailing List: Subscribers receive weekly “What’s New” e-mail updates on trade news
• StopFakes.gov with IPR Information Contact the TCC at:
www.trade.gov/tcc
Email: tcc@mail.doc.gov
Phone: 202-482-1191
Fax: 202-482-6097
Contact the TCC at:
www.trade.gov/tcc
Email: tcc@mail.doc.gov
Phone: 202-482-1191
Fax: 202-482-6097
The TCC offers these agreements electronically as a public service for general reference.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the text presented is complete and accurate.
However, copies needed for legal purposes should be obtained from official archives maintained by the appropriate agency.
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