1494.20—Criteria.

The criteria considered by CCC in reviewing proposals for initiatives will include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) The expected contribution of proposed initiatives in furthering trade policy negotiations and, in particular, in furthering the U.S. trade policy negotiating strategy of countering competitors' subsidies and other unfair trade practices by displacing such countries' subsidized exports in targeted countries;
(b) The contribution which initiatives will make toward realizing U.S. agricultural export goals and, in particular, in developing, expanding, or maintaining markets for U.S. agricultural commodities;
(c) The effect that sales facilitated by initiatives would have on non-subsidizing exporters of agricultural products; and
(d) The subsidy requirements of proposed initiatives compared to the expected benefits.