Agency Activities, Steel Safeguard
This page provides links to or copies of materials gathered from federal agencies
involved in the issue. Where applicable, we include such things as regulatory
amendments, proposed new regulations, information about regulatory procedures
and news releases from executive branch agencies. We provide both a link to
the main page of the agency concerned as well as a copy of the pages relating
to the issue that we found in our searches. Because we want to keep information
concerning each of our cases for an archive, we copied their pages during the
period of research. Included with each page title is the original URL from which
we retrieved the information. Note that some of these original URLs may not
work because the group has updated or changed its website.
External Links to:
Commerce Department, internal archive, searched 4/7/2004:
Office of the US Trade Representative, searched 4/14/04:
- U.S.
Trade Representative Zoellick Requests Comprehensive Steel Investigation
(http://www.ustr.gov/releases/2001/06/01-45.pdf)
- Letter
to begin 201 investigation
(http://www.ustr.gov/steel_201letter.PDF)
- Attachment
1 - General Product Description
(http://www.ustr.gov/steel_exclusions.PDF)
- Presidential
Action - Background on the President's Decision
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-03-05-background.PDF)
- Report submitted
to the United States Congress
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-03-05-SteelFactSheet.PDF)
- Statement
by the President
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-03-05-POTUSstatement.PDF)
- Presidents
Bush's Steel Products Proclamation
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020305-7.html)
- Modifications
to the harmonized tariff schedule of the United States
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-03-05-annex.PDF)
- Section
201 Steel Remedy
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-03-05-201remedy.PDF)
- Developing
Countries with products not excluded from remedy
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-03-05-exclusions.PDF)
- Information
on Product Exclusion Requests Under Section 203
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/203update.htm)
- Product
Exclusion Requests Under Section 203
(http://ia.ita.doc.gov/steel/exclusion/)
- Steel Products
Exclusion Request
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-04-30-list.PDF)
- First
Batch of N numbers
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-06-05-first_batch.PDF)
- List
of Additional Products to be excluded from the section 201 safeguard measures,
as established in the presidential proclamation 7529 on March 5, 2002
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-06-07-additional_exclusions.PDF)
- Second
Batch of N Numbers - June 14, 2002
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/secondtranche.PDF)
- List
of additional products to be excluded from the Section 201 Safeguard Measures,
as
established in Presidential Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002 - June 17,
2004
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/newexclusion.PDF)
- Third
Batch of N Numbers - June 27, 2004
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/thirdtranche.PDF)
- List
of additional products to be excluded from the Section 201 Safeguard Measures,
as
established in Presidential Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002 - June 24,
2004
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-06-24-additional_exclusions.PDF)
- Department
of Commerce and USTR announces third set of products to be excluded from safeguard
on steel products
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-06-24-third_batch-statement.PDF)
- Fact
Sheet: Exclusion of Products from Safeguard on Steel Products
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-06-24-third_batch-factsheet.PDF)
- Fourth
Batch of N numbers - June 26, 2004
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-06-26-fourth_batch.PDF)
- U.S.
Outlines Process for Steel Safeguard Exclusions
(http://www.ustr.gov/releases/2002/07/02-65.htm)
- Fifth
batch of N numbers - July 8, 2004
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-07-03-fifth_batch.PDF)
- President Bush's
Proclamation
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/07/20020704-1.html)
- Exclusion
of Particular products from actions under section 203 of the Trade Act of
1974 - federal registrar notice
(http://www.ustr.gov/fr/2002/2002-07-09.PDF)
- List
of additional products to be excluded from the Section 201 Safeguard Measures,
as
established in Presidential Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002 - July 11,
2004
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-07-11-exclusions.PDF)
- Department
of Commerce and USTR announces further set of products to be excluded from
safeguard on steel products
(http://www.ustr.gov/releases/2002/07/02-68.htm)
- List
of additional products to be excluded from the Section 201 Safeguard Measures,
as
established in Presidential Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002 - July 19,
2004
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-07-18-exclusions.PDF)
- List
of additional products to be excluded from the Section 201 Safeguard Measures,
as
established in Presidential Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002 - August 12,
2004
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-08-12-exclusions.PDF)
- List
of additional products to be excluded from the Section 201 Safeguard Measures,
as
established in Presidential Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002 - August 22,
2004
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-08-22-exclusions.PDF)
- Department
of Commerce and USTR announce final set of products to be excluded from the
safeguard on steel products
(http://www.ustr.gov/releases/2002/08/2002-08-22-steel.PDF)
- Fact
Sheet: Exclusion of Products from Safeguard on Steel Products
(http://www.ustr.gov/releases/2002/08/2002-08-22-steelfacts.PDF)
- Exclusion
of Particular Products From Actions Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of
1974 With Regard to Certain Steel Products; Conforming Changes and Technical
Corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; Notice
(http://www.ustr.gov/fr/2002/2002-08-30-steel.pdf)
- Procedures
for Further Consideration of Requests (Anniversary) and Objections to Requests
for Exclusion of Particular Products From Actions With Regard to Certain Steel
Products Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974
(http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2002/pdf/02-33002.pdf)
- United
States Announces Schedule of New Requests for Exclusions from Section 201
Steel Tariffs
(http://www.ustr.gov/releases/2002/11/02-111.pdf)
- Product
Category List of Requestor (Preliminary)
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2003-01-03-exclusions.pdf)
- USTR's
request for additional information under Section 203(a)(5) of the Trade Act
of 1974
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/2002-01-03-letter.PDF)
- Trade
Policy Staff Committee Consideration of Action with Regard to Certain Steel
Products Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/exclusion_requests.htm)
- Trade
Policy Staff Committee Consideration of Action with Regard to Certain Steel
Products Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974: Responses to Requests
for Exclusion
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/exclusion_responses.htm)
- Trade
Policy Staff Committee Consideration of Action with Regard to Certain Steel
Products Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974: Written comments on what
action, if any, the President should take under section 203(a)
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/president_comments.htm)
- Trade
Policy Staff Committee Consideration of Action with Regard to Certain Steel
Products Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974: Responses to written
comments on what action, if any, the President should take under section 203(a)
(http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel201/president_comments_responses.htm)
International Trade Commission, searched on 4/21/2004: