# Notice With Respect to List of Countries Denying Fair Market Opportunities for Government-Funded Airport Construction Projects
**AGENCY:**
Office of the United States Trade Representative.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
Pursuant to section 533 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. 50104), the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has determined not to list any countries as denying fair market opportunities for U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in foreign government-funded airport construction projects.
**DATES:**
*Effective Date:* Date of Publication.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Jean Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, (202) 395-9476, or Greta Milligan, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative, (202) 395-4678.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Section 533 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended by section 115 of the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987, Public Law 100-223 (codified at 49 U.S.C. 50104) (“the Act”), requires USTR to decide whether any foreign country has denied fair market opportunities to U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in connection with airport construction projects of $500,000 or more that are funded in whole or in part by the government of such country. The list of such countries must be published in the *Federal Register* . USTR has not received any complaints or other information that indicates that U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders are being denied fair market opportunities in such airport construction projects. As a consequence, for purposes of the Act, USTR has decided not to list any countries as denying fair market opportunities for U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in foreign government-funded airport construction projects.
Ronald Kirk,
United States Trade Representative.