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May 25, 1989

 

ACCELERATED ACTION PLANS FOR COUNTRIES ON THE PRIORITY WATCH LIST UNDER SPECIAL 301

 

Each trading partner on the Priority watch List will be reviewed again no later than November 1, 1989 to determine whether it should be identified as a priority country under section 182(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

A country may be designated as a priority country at any time during the period and section 301 action initiated if statutory criteria are met, (e.g., if the country is no longer engaged in good faith negotiations or no longer making satisfactory progress).

A trading partner may be removed from the Priority Watch List at any time if U.S. objectives are accomplished.

The assessment of each trading partner over the 150-day period will be based, inter alia, on satisfactory progress and results in the following areas, taking into account the U.S. proposals on intellectual property in the Uruguay Round. The eight are:

BRAZIL:	Improved and adequate patent protection for all classes of inventions Improved enforcement against piracy Elimination of local printing requirements for theatrical and television films Constructive participation in multilateral intellectual property negotiations
INDIA:	Improved and adequate patent protection for all classes of inventions Elimination of discrimination against use of foreign trademarks Registration of service marks Effective protection of well-known marks Improved access and distribution for U.S. motion pictures Improved enforcement against piracy

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