the President should take. This recommendation will take into account the USITC recommendation and report, the extent to which workers and firms in the domestic industry will benefit from adjustment assistance, the efforts of the domestic industry to make positive adjustments, and other relevant considerations. The potential actions the President may take to provide a remedy in the form of a safeguard measure include:
• imposition, or increase, of a duty on the imported articles in question;
• use of a tariff-rate quota;
• modification or imposition of any quantitative restriction on the importation of the articles into the United States;
• a proposal to negotiate and carry out an agreement with foreign countries to limit the exportation from foreign countries and importation into the United States;
• procedures for the granting of import licenses;
• other negotiations to identify the underlying cause of the increased imports to alleviate the injury or threat thereof;
• legislative proposals that would facilitate a positive adjustment;
• other action consistent with the President’ s authority; or
• any combination of these actions.
USTR offers these potential remedies for further consideration by domestic producers, importers, exporters, and other interested parties, and invites views and evidence on whether a proposed remedy is appropriate and in the public interest. In commenting on the action to take, we request that you address:
1. The appropriateness of any other proposed action and how it would be in the public interest.
2. The short- and long-term effects the proposed action is likely to have on the domestic QSP industry, its workers, and on other domestic industries and communities.
3. The short- and long-term effects that not taking the proposed action is likely