The Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) is inviting public comments on President Trump’s “Fair and Reciprocal Plan,” made pursuant to the America First Trade Policy Presidential Memorandum and Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs Presidential Memorandum. USTR invites comments from the public to assist USTR in reviewing and identifying any unfair trade practices on a country-by-country basis, and in recommending to the President all necessary actions to address the harm to the United States from any non-reciprocal trade arrangements.
USTR’s notice states that it is particularly interested in information about the largest trading economies (such as G20 countries) and those economies that have the largest trade deficits in goods with the United States, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye, United Kingdom, and Vietnam.
USTR also provides examples of unfair trade practices, including policies, measures, or barriers that undermine or harm U.S. production or exports, or a failure by a country to take action to address a non-market policy or practice that is harming the United States.
Comments should include:
- The foreign country or economy concerned;
- The practice or trade arrangement of concern;
- A brief explanation of the operation of the practice or trade arrangement; and
- An explanation of the impact or effect of the practice or trade arrangement on the interested party or on U.S. interests generally (including quantification of actual cost or opportunity cost to U.S. workers, manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, and businesses).
The deadline to submit comments is March 11, 2025. All comments must be submitted through the online USTR Portal to Docket No. USTR-2025-0001: https://comments.ustr.gov/s/.