[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 15, Volume 3] [Revised as of January 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 15CFR2006.6] [Page 443] TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE PART 2006--PROCEDURES FOR FILING PETITIONS FOR ACTION UNDER SECTION 301 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents Sec. 2006.6 Formal dispute settlement. If the issues in a petition are covered by a trade agreement between the United States and the foreign government involved and a mutually acceptable resolution cannot be reached within the consultation period provided for in the agreement, or by 150 days after consultations begin, whichever is earlier, the Trade Representative shall institute the formal dispute settlement proceedings, if any, provided for in the trade agreement.