The U.S. Trade Representative extended the Section 301...
The U.S. Trade Representative extended the Section 301 investigation of Ukraine for three months. USTR said in a notice to appear in Monday’s Federal Register (http://1.usa.gov/1b8K3cI) that the agency will make a determination by Feb. 28 on that country’s alleged…
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intellectual property rights (IPR) violations. Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act lets the U.S. retaliate against unfair trade practices (http://1.usa.gov/199gPKW). USTR began the investigation in May, labeling Ukraine a priority foreign country. “This designation is the culmination of several years of growing concern over widespread IP theft, including the growing entrenchment” of IPR infringement “facilitated by government actors,” the USTR report said at the time (http://1.usa.gov/181GYy4). Ukraine has said it’s implementing an IPR “action plan” it developed in consultation with the U.S. (WID Feb 21 p3).