Participated in, and provided legal interpretation of U.S. patent, trademark, and trade secret law for consultations with Mexico on its new law governing the transfer of technology. Prepared written information on above subjects for bilateral discussions with Taiwan and Korea.

Led U.S. delegation for consultations with the European Communities regarding the extension of the manufacturing clause of the U.S. copyright law.

Led U.S. delegations for conciliation with the European Communities regarding EC export subsidies for wheat flour, pasta and sugar. Participated in or led delegations for consultations with EC regarding EC tariff preferences on citrus, and EC subsidies on pasta, sugar, poultry, canned fruit and raisins. Led U.S. panel presentations on wheat flour, pasta, citrus, canned fruit and raisin cases.

Submitted three Executive Orders to President modifying the Generalized Systems of Preferences, including supporting documents.

Chaired Section 337 TPSC Subcommittee review of four USITC determinations and prepared recommendations to the President on each case.

Responded to numerous requests for information under Section 305 of the Trade Act
regarding practices of foreign governments, for information under the Freedom of
Information Act, and for documents by the General Accounting Office.

Prepared semi-annual reports to Congress regarding Section 301 cases. This is a statutory requirement.

Prepared affidavits declarations for the USTR and other staff members for litigation involving trade matters, including textiles from China. Followed up injunction obtained against regulations of the State of Maine that unconstitutionally burdened imported potatoes.

Provided legal advise to agency staff on numerous policy and administrative issues, regarding subjects as far ranging as the specific language needed to meet the statutory requirement for a termination clause in a trade agreement to the overall responsibility delegated to this agency in all of the relevant legislation, Executive orders, and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1979.

Import controls (Sections 201, 406 and Sections 22 and 204), Customs Valuation, Safeguards, Licensing, Administrative matters including Government Ethics, EEO, Authorization Bills, reciprocity legislation, tariff policy, textiles, trade law interpretations

telecommunications

301 cases, dispute settlement, legal advice, agriculture, safeguards, bilateral treaties, Canada, European Community Investment, Japan, machine tools, performance requirements, Countervailing duties, antidumping, Standards and Procurement Codes; Commodity policy, East-West trade policy; Section 337, escape clause reviews, legislative referrals, advisory committees, Counterfeit Code, antitrust, copyrights, export policy, Export Trading Companies, Japan, military procurement, NTT, patents, pharmaceuticals, trademarks, wildlife and endangered species

Attorney Advisors (2)

- Adjustment assistance, antidumping investigations, DISC, FOIA requests, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, GSP, Harmonized System, Privacy Act, Services, Transportation, U.N., petroleum and petrochemicals, European Community, GATT, Export Policy, CBI, aircraft/ aviation code

Working through the USTR, the Chief Textile Negotiator acts as principal advisor to the
President and Cabinet on the formulation, coordination, negotiation and implementation
of U.S. textile and apparel trade policy.

In any given year negotiations and consultations
may be necessary with any of the 23 countries which have bilateral restraint agreements with
the U.S. as the need for new agreements arises. The goals of this unit are to foster the
competitiveness of the domestic industry, to keep U.S. export markets open, and to ensure
the orderly growth of trade while preventing disruption of the U.S. market. The unit also
maintains liaison with industry, labor, congressional and other institutions and organizations
which are concerned with textile and apparel matters. Besides the negotiation of agreements
on imports into the U.S. the Chief Textile Negotiator conducts negotiations to eliminate
foreign barriers to U.S. textile and apparel exports. Fiscal Year 1984 is a critical year
for these activities since the renegotiation of expiring bilateral agreements with six trading
partners of the U.S. must be accomplished.

Negotiated new bilateral agreements with Mauritius, Indonesia, and Hungary, and renegotiated
agreements with Haiti, Pakistan, Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, India, and Romania.
Successfully negotiated mutually acceptable levels of restraint on Chinese exports to the U.S.
for seven additional textile and apparel categories. Requested consultations with China to
negotiate quotas on 14 additional categories. Held three negotiating sessions which have set

the stage for a mutually acceptable renegotiation of the bilateral agreement.