CK • Washington.   Gefährdet die Welt den digitalen Marktzugang amerikanischer Unternehmen? Diese Frage untersuchen auf Ka­bi­nettsebene zwei sanktionenbefähigte oberste Bundesämter. Am 8. Mai 2017 erscheint im Bundesanzeiger, Federal Register, Bd. 82, Heft 87, S. 21404-21405, die Verkündung der Maßnahme der Fe­de­ral Trade Commis­si­on unter dem Titel Global Digital Trade 2: The Business-to-Business Market, Key Foreign Trade Re­stric­tions, and U.S. Competitiveness; and Global Digital Trade 3: The Business-to-Consumer Market, Key Foreign Trade Restrictions, and U.S. Competitiveness; Institution of investigations.

Den Anstoß pfiff des Amt des Außenhandelsbeauftragten der USA mit Bot­schaf­ter­status und Kabinettsrang in Washington, DC, am 13. January 2017 nach §332(g) Ta­riff Act of 1930, siehe Horlick/Kochinke, Die Behörde des Handels­be­auf­tragten der USA, RIW 1981, 458.

Den ersten Untersuchungsbericht nach einer Anhörung am 6. Februar 2017 wird die ITC bereits im August 2017 zum Thema Market Opportunities and Key For­eign Trade Restrictions vorlegen. Die weiteren Abschnitte mit folgenden In­hal­ten sol­len bis 2018 bearbeitet werden:

1. Provide qualitative, and to the extent possible, quantitative analysis of measures in key foreign markets (identified in the first re­port) that affect the ability of U.S. firms to develop and/or supply bu­si­ness-to-business digital products and services abroad; and
Assess, using case studies or other qualitative and quantitative me­thods, the impact of these measures on the competitiveness of U.S. firms engaged in the sale of digital pro­ducts and services, as well as on international trade and investment flows associated with digital pro­ducts and services related to significant business-to-business tech­nologies.
2. Provide qualitative, and to the extent possible, quantitative ana­ly­sis of measures in key foreign markets (identified in the first re­port) that af­fect the ability of U.S. firms to develop and/or supply business-to-consumer digital pro­ducts and services abroad; and
Assess, using case studies or other qualitative and quantitative me­thods, the impact of these measures on the competitiveness of U.S. firms engaged in the sale of digital products and services, as well as on international trade and investment flows associated with di­gi­tal products and services related to significant business-to-con­su­mer tech­no­lo­gies.