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.