Priority Foreign Countries are those pursuing 
the most onerous or 
egregious policies that have the greatest 
adverse 
impact on U.S. right holders 
or products, and are 
subject to 
accelerated investigations and possible 
sanctions. 
Countries or 
economies on the Priority Watch List do 
not provide an adequate 
level 
of IPR protection or 
enforcement, or market access for persons 
relying on 
intellectual property protection. Thirty-four trading 
partners are placed on the Watch List, meriting 
bilateral attention to address the underlying IPR problems. 
China and 
Paraguay, due 
to their serious IP-related problems 
are subject to 
another part of the statute, 
Section 
306 monitoring, 
because of previous bilateral agreements 
reached with 
the United States 
to address specific problems 
raised in earlier reports.