International Trade: Priority Trade Damage Estimates Could Have Been Developed

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) progress in implementing section 310 of the Trade Act of 1974 (super-301), which requires USTR to identify those trade barriers whose elimination would have the most significant potential to increase U.S. exports, focusing on: (1) USTR criteria for designating priority unfair trade practices in 1989 and 1990; and (2) the reasons why USTR did not provide the required trade damage estimates of such practices.