LIST OF TRADE POLICIES AND MEASURES TAKEN

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1 LIST OF TRADE POLICIES AND MEASURES TAKEN UNITED STATES NATIONAL TREATMENT 1) Harbor Maintenance Tax HMT.11 2) Merchant Shipping Act of 1920 (Jones Act).12 1) Export Management System.14 2) Export Restrictions on Logs.15 1) High Tariff Products.16 2) Method of Calculating Tariffs on Clocks and Wristwatches.16 1) The Byrd Amendment (Amendment to the Tariff Act of 1930) (DS217/DS234).18 2) Calculation of dumping Margin via Zeroing procedure (WT/DS 322).20 3) US Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Products from Japan (WT/DS184) and Delay in Implementing the WTO Recommendation.23 4) Sunset Provision (US Sunset Review of Anti-Dumping Duties on Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Products from Japan (WT/DS244) and unfairly long-term continuation of AD duties).26 5) Model Matching.32 6) US Antidumping Act of ) Changed circumstance review and sunset review on large newspaper printing presses.36 SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES 1) Tax Treatment for Export Companies (ETI regime; formerly FSC regime) (DS108).38 2) The 2002 Farm Bill Export Promotion of Agricultural Products.40 RULES OF ORIGIN Rules of Origin on watches and clocks.44 STANDARD AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS 1) American Automobile Labelling Act.45 2) Regulation on Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE).46 3) Adoption of the Metric System.47 1)The Exon-Florio Amendment.48 2) Financial Services.49 3) Telecommunications.50 4) Maritime Transport.52

2 1) Patent System (Hilmer doctorine).54 2) Trademarks Systems (WT/DS176; US Omnibus Act 211).56 3) Copyright and Related Rights.57 4) Section 337 of the Tariff Act of GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 1) US Buy American Legislation.61 2) Problems at the State Level ( Buy American, Buy State etc.).63 UNILATERAL MEASURES 1) Related to Section 301 of Trade Act of 1974 a) Section 301 of the Trade Act of b) Special c) Telecommunications Provisions.68 d) Provisions Involving Government Procurement: Title VII.71 e) The Carousel Rule on Amending Items Subject to Retaliatory Measures.73 2) Others a) The Helms-Burton Act.74 b) Myanmar Sanctions Act.75 c) Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA: Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996).76 d) US Re-export Control Regimes.78 CHINA Overview.81 Uniform Administration, Transparency, and Judicial Review.85 Imposition of Export Tax...87 Right to Trade (Approval System for Trading).88 NATIONAL TREATMENT 1) Restriction on the Selling both Imported and Domestic Automobiles.90 2) Value-added tax on semiconductors.90 Non-Tariff Measures (Import Restrictions) 1) Prohibition of Imported Second-Hand Clothes.92 Export Licensing and Restrictions 1) Export Restrictions of Coke.94 2) Export Control on Rare Earth.95 1) Failure to fulfill tariff concessions for photographic film.98 2) Issues related to the Measures Affecting Imports of Automobile Parts.100 3) Tariff Classification.102 ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES 1) Rules and Regulations.104 2) Enforcement of the AD measures.106

3 SUBSIDIES Value-added Tax Refund to Copper Refineries SAFEGUARDS TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES STANDARD AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS 1)Administration of the CCC Mark to Electric Appliances 126 2) Measures for Controlling Pollution by Electronic Information Products 127 3) System for Environmental Management on the Import and Export of Toxic Chemicals 129 1) Distribution Services (wholesaling, retailing, and franchising) 131 2) Construction, Architecture and Engineering 134 3) Transportation Services 136 4) Telecommunication Services 137 5) Finance 140 6) Postal/Courier Services 145 1) Issues related to Counterfeit, Pirated and other Infringing Products 148 2) Protection of Well-Known Trademarks 153 3) Licensing regulations on patents and know-how 153 GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 161 ASEAN NATIONS GENERAL Issues related to Counterfeit, Pirated and other Infringing Products 175 Thailand High tariff Products 179 Anti-dumping measures against Hot-rolled Steel from Japan 180 Foreign Investment Restrictions, etc. 181 Indonesia 1) Quantitative Import Restrictions 183 2) Export Restrictions on Logs and Lumber Products 184 1) High Tariff Products 185

4 2) Imposing Tariff on Digital Cameras 186 Foreign Investment Restrictions, etc. 187 Novelty of industrial design 190 Malaysia NATIONAL TREATMENT Imposition of Internal Taxes on Automobiles and Import Restrictions on Automobiles based on AP system 191 1) Import Restrictions under the Customs Act 193 2) Export Restrictions on Logs 193 Increased Tariff on Steel Plates 194 Foreign Investment Restrictions, etc. 195 Philippines MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TREATMENT Safeguard Measures on Imports of Cement Products 198 High tariff Products 199 Foreign Investment Restrictions, etc. 200 Vietnam Tariff rates Increase on Auto parts 202 EUROPEAN UNION 1) High tariff Products 205 2) The classification issue 205 Automatic Extension of Anti-Dumping Measures to New Members of the EU 211 STANDARD AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS 1) Directives on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Directives on the Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS), and Draft Directive on Batteries and Accumulators 212

5 2) Frame Directive on Eco-Design Requirements for Energy-using Products (EuP) 214 3) Draft Regulations on Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) 215 Audio-visual Service 217 REGIONAL INTEGRATION 1) Increasing binding tariff rates 219 2) Automatic Extension of Anti-Dumping Measures to New Members of the EU 220 3) Increase in Polish Customs Duties on Automobiles 220 REPUBLIC OF KOREA High tariff Products 223 Issues related to Counterfeit, Pirated and other Infringing Products 224 CHINESE TAIPEI High tariff Products 225 Regulations in the Telecommunications sector 226 1) Non- and lightened criminal penalties on infringement 227 2) Issues related to Counterfeit, Pirated and other Infringing Products 228 AUSTRALIA High tariff Products 229 HONG KONG 1)Issue of registration of misleading Company names 231 2)Issues related to Counterfeit, Pirated and other Infringing Products, etc. 232

6 CANADA Export Restrictions on Logs.233 High tariff Products.234 INDIA High tariff Products 235 Abuse of AD measures and lack of transparency 237 Foreign Investment Restrictions, etc ) Protection of Patents in Relation to Pharmaceuticals, etc ) Issues related to Counterfeit, Pirated and other Infringing Products, etc. 243 RUSSIAN FEDERATION SAFEGUARDS.245