102 STAT. 1178
PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988 "(A) the elimination of, or compensation for, the priority practices identified under subsection (a)(l)(A) by no later than the close of the 3-year period beginning on the date on which such investigation is initiated, and "(B) the reduction of such practices over a 3-year period with the expectation that United States exports to the foreign country will, as a result, increase incrementally during each year within such 3-year period. "(2) Any investigation initiated under this chapter by reason of subsection (b) shall be suspended if an agreement described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) is entered into with the foreign country before the date on which any action under section 301 with respect to such investigation may be required under section 305(a) to be implemented. "(3) If an agreement described in paragraph (1) is entered into with a foreign country before the date on which any action under section 301 with respect to such investigation may be required under section 305(a) to be implemented and the Trade Representative determines that the foreign country is not in compliance with such agreement, the Trade Representative shall continue the investigation that was suspended by reason of such agreement as though such investigation had not been suspended. "(d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—
"(1) On the date on which the report the Trade Representative is required to submit under subsection (a)(l)(D) in calendar year 1990, and on the anniversary of such date in the succeeding calendar years, the Trade Representative shall submit a report which includes— "(A) revised estimates of the total amount determined under subsection (a)(l)(C) for each priority foreign country that has been identified under subsection (a)(l)(B), "(B) evidence that demonstrates, in the form of increased United States exports to each of such priority foreign countries during the previous calendar year— "(i) in the case of a priority foreign country that has entered into an agreement described in subsection (c)(D, substantial progress during each year within the 3-year period described in subsection (c)(l)(A) toward the goal of eliminating the priority practices identified under subsection (a)(l)(A) by the close of such 3-year period, and "(ii) in the case of a country which has not entered into (or has not complied with) an agreement described in subsection (c)(D, the elimination of such practices, and "(C) to the extent that the evidence described in subparagraph (B) cannot be provided, any actions that have been taken by the Trade Representative under section 301 with respect to such priority practices of each of such foreign countries. "(2) The Trade Representative may exclude from the requirements of paragraph (1) in any calendar year beginning after 1993 any foreign country that has been identified under subsection (a)(l)(A) if the evidence submitted under paragraph (I)(B) in the 2 previous reports demonstrated that all the priority prac-
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