• Are your exports or investment being treated differently from other domestic or foreign competitors?
• Is your ability to export, invest, or compete in foreign markets restricted by foreign government policies, practices, or procedures, which:
• Are more burdensome or restrictive than they need to be to achieve some defined legitimate governmental purpose?
• Intentionally or unintentionally appear to advantage local domestic or other foreign firms, goods, or services?
• Are unpredictable, non-transparent, or formulated without publicly solicited comments from all interested parties, including international companies like yours?

• Are you facing a tariff barrier?
• Are you facing a tariff classification or customs barrier? Are you experiencing difficulties with a foreign customs office that will not clear your goods to a buyer/importer?
• Do you have a problem related to rules of origin requirements?
• Are you facing a standards-related barrier in an export market?
• Are you facing sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade?
• Do you have a problem related to foreign government procurement?
• Do you have an intellectual property rights problem?
• Are you facing excessive government requirements or other market access barriers to trade?
• Do you have a problem related to import licensing?
• Are you encountering corruption when you try to export, invest, or otherwise conduct business abroad?
• Are you facing barriers to trade in services (GATS)?
• Are you facing barriers in Competition Laws?

• Is a WTO Member or FTA partner applying a tariff at the border which is higher than it committed to charge on that product?

• Are your goods being classified under the wrong tariff schedule heading?
• Are you having problems with a foreign customs office's documentation requirements?
• Are you having problems with any consularization requirements?
• Has the valuation of your goods been rejected on the basis of a minimum or reference price?
• Are the duties charged for your goods higher than what you expected?
• Are the duties charged for your goods based on an arbitrary or inappropriate valuation by foreign customs?
• Are you unable to locate an official public source of information for current data and information regarding a country's customs procedures?

• Are you having a problem with a burdensome rules of origin certification requirement?
• Are you having a problem with a burdensome country-of-origin marking requirement?
• Are you having a problem with an unreasonable qualification for rules of origin status?
• Is there a requirement for a U.S. government certification that does not exist?
• Are you unable to locate an official public source of information for current data and information regarding a country's origin requirements?

• Is the obstacle related to a government regulation requiring mandatory standards, testing, or certification?
• Does the barrier entail:
• a burdensome or unclear new national standard
• a standard not based on an international standard
• a burdensome or unclear labeling requirement
• a vague or unclear process to comply with a standard
• a factory inspection that is difficult to obtain
• a national quality mark that is unclear or difficult to meet
• a burdensome or unclear testing or certification requirement
• a burdensome or unclear product registration requirement
• a standard or testing requirement that applies only to foreign companies
• a duplicative or redundant testing or certification requirement
• an unreasonable time frame to comply with the standard or testing requirement
• a regulation developed in a non-transparent manner
• a regulation developed without consideration of available scientific and technical information
• unnecessary or unreasonable administrative costs

• Do you face a sanitary or phytosanitary (SPS) barrier to trade which has kept your food or agricultural product out of a specific export market?
• Does the barrier entail:
• an SPS measure developed in a non-transparent manner
• an SPS measure--including requirements, testing and certification--addressing food safety, animal health or plant health, which is not based on science
• an SPS measure not based on an international standard (Codex, OIE, IPPC)
• an SPS requirement that applies only to foreign companies
• a vague or unclear process to comply with an SPS measure
• an unreasonable time frame to comply with the SPS measure or testing requirement

• Are you prohibited from bidding on foreign government contracts?
• Are you facing discriminatory treatment in foreign government procurements?
• Are there inappropriate technical requirements in bid documents that exclude your goods or services?
• Are there mandatory domestic content requirements or price preferences in foreign government tenders?
• Are there bid deadlines that are too short to prepare and submit proposals?
• Are there restrictions that prohibit you from applying to be on a qualified suppliers list?
• Are there problems with procedures to challenge the winning bid; do you have problems getting these procedures?
• Are there contract liabilities and guarantees that are too costly and keep your company from competing for foreign government contracts?

• Are your intellectual property rights being violated in a foreign market?
• Have you registered your intellectual property (copyright, patent, trademark, etc.) in the foreign market where the violation is occurring?
• Are counterfeit or pirated products which violate your intellectual property rights being sold in the United States or in another country?
• Have you registered your patent or trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office?
• Have you registered your copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office?
• Have you recorded your U.S. trademarks or U.S. copyrights with U.S. Customs?
• Are you unable to register the patent, trademark, or copyright with a foreign government? Are similar trademarks, patents, or copyrights registered in that country?
• Have you trusted a foreign government with your intellectual property and has it passed your business confidential information, technology, or trade secrets on to a local company without your permission? Is the local company now your main competitor?
• Is a foreign government not helping your agent, distributor, or wholly-owned subsidiary to stop a violation of your trademark, patent or copyright's violation?
• Is your patent, trademark, or copyright being used illegally in a foreign market?
• Is your patent, trademark, or copyright protected under international law (the World Trade Organization's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property - TRIPs, the Berne Convention, or the World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO)?
• Is your trademark considered a famous mark?
• Do you have documentation or other proof of the patent, trademark, or copyright violation?
• Are you unable to register the patent, trademark, or copyright with a foreign government? Are similar trademarks, patents, or copyrights registered in that country?
• Have you trusted a foreign government with your intellectual property and has it passed your business confidential information, technology, or trade secrets on to a local company without your permission? Is the local company now your main competitor?
• Is a foreign government not helping your agent, distributor, or wholly-owned subsidiary to stop your trademark, patent or copyright's violation?

• Are you experiencing difficulties exporting because of subsidized local products? Is the foreign market dominated by a domestic company or controlled by monopolistic business practices?
• Is the country restricting your product based upon the percentage of foreign-origin content or of foreign ownership of the supplier or service provider?
• Is the country restricting your product because of its components/ingredients, structural composition, or product design?
• Is your product facing overly limiting or unreasonable shelf life restrictions in the foreign market?
• Does a foreign country prohibit the importation of used or re-manufactured goods?
• Is your ability to export affected by the way your goods are classified in a foreign market?
• Are your foreign wholesalers, retailers, or customers having difficulty obtaining certifications, licenses, or other necessary approvals to sell/use your product in other countries?
• Is a foreign country asking for your company to disclose proprietary product information before allowing your product to be imported or approved for sale?
• Have customs duties on your product increased in a country?
• Do you suffer from higher customs duties in a foreign market than your competitors? Are your exporting problems a result of the trade agreement benefits shared by other countries?
• Are you encountering a problem with a State-owned or controlled enterprise?

• Are there unreasonable fees associated with obtaining an import license?
• Is there an overly burdensome process for obtaining an import license?
• Are you having problems learning where/how to obtain an import license?
• Is the purpose for an import license unclear?
• Are there long delays in receiving approval for an import license?

Bribery of a public official, including a foreign official, is a crime under U.S. law. Bribery is also a crime under the laws of other countries.

• Do public officials ask you for bribes in exchange for services, contracts, permits, licenses or other business you may have or would like to have with them?
• Do you know whether your competitors are promising, offering or giving such bribes to public officials?
• Are there any other situations related to corruption you would like to tell us about?

• Are all relevant measures (including new and existing laws, regulations, rules, procedures, decisions and administration actions) pertaining to or affecting trade in your company's services published or made readily accessible?
• Do you find registration requirements, licensing procedures, qualification requirements and procedures, and technical standards in a foreign market more burdensome for your company than for domestic service providers?
• Are foreign laws administered in a reasonable and impartial manner? Do they discriminate against you as opposed to third party foreign service providers?
• Has your company faced:
• Quotas (direct access to labor)
• Limitations on foreign capital participation
• Limitations on the size or location of your establishment
• Do you face restrictions in establishing or expanding a commercial presence (e.g., joint venture, branch, affiliate, representative office) to provide your service in a foreign market?
• Do you experience foreign ownership limitations or limits on the number of company directors or managers in providing your service in overseas markets?
• Do you face citizenship, nationality or residency requirements in providing your service in a foreign market?
• Does your company experience limitations or restrictions on the temporary entry/mobility of key business personnel (including executives, managers and other skilled intercorporate transferees) in your business operations in foreign markets?

• Are you facing a trade barrier due to the application of competition laws in a foreign country?
• Are you concerned about receiving fair treatment in anti-trust proceedings?
• Are the competition laws and procedures you are facing transparent?