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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1219

(2)(A) The President may refine or modify specific negotiating objectives for particular negotiations in order to respond to circumstances arising during the negotiating period, including— (i) changed practices by the priority foreign country, (ii) tangible substantive developments in multilateral negotiations, (iii) changes in competitive positions, technological developments, or (iv) other relevant factors. (B) By no later than the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President makes any modifications or refinements to specific negotiating objectives under subparagraph (A), the President shall submit to appropriate committees of the Congress a statement describing such modifications or refinements and the reasons for such modifications or refinements. (c) GENERAL NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES.—The general negotiating objectives of the United States under this section are— (1) to obtain multilateral or bilateral agreements (or the modification of exibting agreements) that provide mutually advantageous market opportunities for trade in telecommunications products and services between the United States and foreign countries; (2) to correct the imbalances in market opportunities accruing from reductions in barriers to the access of telecommunications products and services of foreign firms to the United States market; and (3) to facilitate the increase in United States exports of telecommimications products and services to a level of exports that reflects the competitiveness of the United States telecommunications industry. (d) SPECIFIC NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES.—The specific negotiating objectives of the United States under this section r^arding telecommunications products and services are to obtain— (1) national treatment for telecommunications products and services that are provided by United States firms; (2) most-favored-nation treatment for such products and services; (3) nondiscriminatory procurement policies with respect to such products and services and the inclusion under the Agreement on Government Procurement of the procurement (by sale or lease by government-owned or controlled entities) of all telecommunications products and services; (4) the reduction or elimination of customs duties on telecommunications products; (5) the elimination of subsidies, violations of intellectual property rights, and other unfair trade practices that distort international trade in telecommunications products and services; (6) the elimination of investment barriers that restrict the establishment of foreign-owned business entities which market such products and services; (7) assurances that any requirement for the r^istration of telecommunications products, which are to be located on customer premises, for the purposes of— (A) attachment to a telecommunications network in a foreign country, and

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