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The Administration has made no additional identifications in the 1996 Title VII Report. However, it has provided information on Administration initiatives in multilateral trade fora, including the OECD and the WTO, to combat bribery and corruption in international commercial transactions. In particular, the Report details recent efforts to launch a WTO negotiation on transparency, openness and due process in government procurement practices by all WTO Members. The Report also applauds the efforts of three countries -- Singapore, New Zealand and Chile -- to enforce anti-corruption measures in their government procurements.

Finally, the Title VII Report provides information on practices that do not meet the statutory criteria for identification but that, nevertheless, remain areas of concern for the Administration:


 * Japan with respect to public works, supercomputers and computers;


 * Australia with respect to information technology and telecommunications;


 * Brazil with respect to telecommunications; and


 * China with respect to a general lack of transparency across-the-board.

The Title VII Report concludes with an update on implementation of the WTO GPA and NAFTA Chapter 10.