Memorandum on Trade With
Memorandum
for the United States Trade Representative
Subject:
Actions Concerning the Generalized System of Preferences --
Pursuant
to sections 502(c)(5), 504(a)(1), and 504(c)(3) (B) and (C) of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended (``Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2462 (c)(5), 2464 (a)(1) and (c)(3) (B)
and (C)), I am hereby acting to modify the application of duty-free treatment
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) currently being afforded to
certain products exported from Thailand and to make findings concerning the
extent to which Thailand is providing adequate and effective means under its
laws for foreign nationals to secure, exercise, and enforce exclusive rights in
intellectual property, including patents and copyrights.
After
considering two private-sector requests for review concerning the extent to
which Thailand provides adequate and effective means of securing exclusive
rights in patents and copyrights, and in accordance with section 502(c)(5) of
the Act, I have determined that Thailand does not fully provide adequate and
effective means to secure, exercise, and enforce exclusive rights in
intellectual property. Therefore, pursuant to sections 504(a)(1)
and 504(c)(3) (B) and (C) of the Act, I have decided to deny
These
determinations shall be published in the Federal Register.
Ronald
Reagan
[Filed with the Office
of the Federal Register, January 1989]
Note: The annex was
printed in the ``Federal Register'' of January 24.