{"id":118892,"date":"2026-01-28T06:24:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=118892"},"modified":"2026-01-29T06:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:24:46","slug":"public-citizen-comment-for-the-2026-special-301-review","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/public-citizen-comment-for-the-2026-special-301-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Citizen Comment for the 2026 Special 301 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year as part of its Special 301 Review process, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) solicits \u201cwritten comments that identify acts, policies, or practices that may form the basis of a country\u2019s identification as a Priority Foreign Country or placement on the Priority Watch List or Watch List\u201d in the Special 301 Report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Our comments establish minimum principles to which the Special 301 process should adhere in order to protect policies that advance the public interest and support access to medicines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Public-Citizen_2026-Special-301_Review_Comment.pdf\"><em>Read our full comment here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n ","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-118892","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","tax_topic-global-access-to-medicines","tax_topic-safe-affordable-drugs-devices","tax_type-letters-testimony-filings"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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