Jennifer Thornton
General Counsel
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
600 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20508
Re: Docket No. USTR-2026-0364: Request for Comments on the Section 301 Investigation
Regarding Vietnam’s Identification as a Priority Foreign Country, 91 Fed. Reg. 33285
(June 3, 2026)
Ms. Thornton,
The Entertainment Software Association (“ESA”) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments
on the investigation by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) into Vietnam’s acts, policies,
and practices related to intellectual property (“IP”) protection and enforcement. ESA is the U.S. trade
association for the video game industry, representing companies that manufacture video game hardware
and publish interactive entertainment software for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal
computers, and the internet. ESA members are the innovators, creators, publishers, and business leaders
reimagining entertainment and transforming how America plays video games. These companies develop not
only the world’s most engaging interactive experiences for consumers, but also novel and cutting-edge
entertainment technologies, such as virtual, augmented, and mixed reality hardware and software.
