§ 3103. Investigation of foreign telecommunications trade barriers

• (a) The Trade Representative shall conduct an investigation to identify priority foreign countries. Such investigation shall be concluded by no later than the date that is 5 months after August 23, 1988 .
• (b) In identifying priority foreign countries under subsection (a), the Trade Representative shall take into account, among other relevant factors—
  • (1) the nature and significance of the acts, policies, and practices that deny mutually advantageous market opportunities to telecommunications products and services of United States firms;
  • (2) the economic benefits (actual and potential) accruing to foreign firms from open access to the United States market;
  • (3) the potential size of the market of a foreign country for telecommunications products and services of United States firms;
  • (4) the potential to increase United States exports of telecommunications products and services, either directly or through the establishment of a beneficial precedent; and
  • (5) measurable progress being made to eliminate the objectionable acts, policies, or practices.
• (c)
  • (1) The Trade Representative may at any time, after taking into account the factors described in subsection (b)—
    • (A) revoke the identification of any priority foreign country that was made under this section, or
    • (B) identify any foreign country as a priority foreign country under this section,
  • (2) The Trade Representative shall include in the semiannual report submitted to the Congress under section 2419(3) of this title a detailed explanation of the reasons for the revocation under paragraph (1) of this subsection of any identification of any foreign country as a priority foreign country.
• (d) By no later than the date that is 30 days after the date on which the investigation conducted under subsection (a) is completed, the United States Trade Representative shall submit a report on the investigation to the President and to appropriate committees of the Congress.