Office of the United States Trade Representative

The Office of the Trade Representative of the United States (English Office of the United States Trade Representative, USTR) is under the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and is part of the Executive Office of the President. It is responsible for the international trade policy of the United States.

The commercial agent shall be appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate and has cabinet rank. The current sales representatives in the cabinet of U.S. President Barack Obama is Michael Froman.

Special 301 Report

  • Priority Foreign Country
  • Priority Watch List
  • Watchlist
  • Section 306 monitoring
  • Out-of -Cycle Review / Status Pending

Since the early 1980s, the commercial agent plays an important role in the global expansion of intellectual property rights and monitors the steps, take the other governments for the protection of intellectual property. The commercial agent released to the annual Special 301 Report, which examines the effectiveness of intellectual property rights in other countries. The countries are categorized Priority Watch List, Watch List, and / or Section 306 Monitoring divided.

List of sales representatives

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