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On December 20, 2013, the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that a number of Government to Government and commercial agreements were signed at the 24th US – China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) meeting in Beijing December 19-20, 2013. See the Fact Sheet on USTR’s website for summaries of the agreements. The Government to Government agreements include:
• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Establishing a U.S.-China Commercial Match-Making Program (CMP) Update between the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
• Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and China’s Ministry of Commerce in Support of Intellectual Property Rights Training
• Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) in Support of U.S.-China Energy Cooperation Program (ECP)
• Work Plan on the Foreign Direct Investment Statistics for United States – China Statistics Working Group
In addition, USTR announced that outcomes were achieved in the following areas (See the announcement for summaries):
• Government Procurement
• Intellectual Property Rights and Localization of IPR and Technology
o Trade Secret Protection and Enforcement
o Data Disclosure Requirements for Pharmaceutical Patents
o Legitimate Sales
o Official Use Vehicles
o Procedural Improvements to Enhance Civil IP Enforcement
o Graphical User Interfaces
• Regulatory Obstacles
o ZUC Encryption Algorithm
o CCC Mark Testing and Certification
• Market Access for U.S. Beef
• Travel and Tourism Memorandum of Understanding
Cooperative Activities
• U.S.-China IP Cooperation and Technical Assistance
• Administrative Licensing
• U.S.-China Legal Exchange
• Enforcement Against Counterfeit Semiconductors
• Trademark – Bad Faith Trademark Registrations
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