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.