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Presidential Memorandum

Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Trade in Timber Products from Peru and Assignment of Function under Section 501 of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act

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In simple terms

This memorandum establishes an Interagency Committee on Trade in Timber Products from Peru to oversee implementation of Annex 18.3.4 of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, assigns a presidential function to the USTR, and directs several Cabinet secretaries to issue implementing regulations. The committee had a statutory deadline of 90 days after the Agreement's February 1, 2009 entry into force, making the establishment deadline May 2, 2009.

Federal Register Open PDF 74 FR 20865

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 74 FR 20865

    Federal Register PDF

  3. Regulations and implementing measures from Treasury, Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security (no specific date given)

  4. Statutory deadline for establishment of interagency committee (90 days after Agreement entered into force February 1, 2009)

Key directives

  • Establish Interagency Committee on Trade in Timber Products from Peru
  • Assign presidential function under section 501(h) of the Act to USTR
  • Direct Secretaries of Treasury, Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security to issue regulations implementing section 501
  • USTR to publish memorandum in Federal Register

Who is ordered

What to expect

Immediate

  • Committee establishment (deadline May 2, 2009)
  • USTR assigned function under section 501(h) of the Act

Near term (90d)

  • Regulations and implementing measures from Treasury, Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security

Long term

  • Ongoing oversight of Annex 18.3.4 implementation
  • Potential verification visits to Peru

Risks & tensions

  • Consensus-based decision making with majority vote fallback may create delays in enforcement actions
  • Observer status for DHS and USAID may limit their influence despite operational relevance
  • Statutory deadline of May 2, 2009 was technically already passed at signing (May 1, 2009), creating nominal compliance tension
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