Teachers who are deemed unsatisfactory can contest the rating in court.
In 1997, for instance, the Clinton administration suspended half of Argentina's benefits under the general system of preferences because its pharmaceutical patent law was deemed unsatisfactory.
A national survey by Transport Focus showed customer satisfaction levels fell to 80% in 2015, meaning one in five journeys was deemed unsatisfactory.
Its earlier bid was rejected, as was a proposal from the developer Donald Trump, apparently because the amount, which the museum declined to disclose, was deemed unsatisfactory.
After four previous inquiries deemed unsatisfactory for different reasons, this is almost certainly the last opportunity to reach a settled judgment.
In New York, 2,118 of the city's 75,000 teachers were deemed unsatisfactory last year under the current two-tier evaluation system, in which the only other option is satisfactory.
If, when they are published, these are deemed unsatisfactory, the group threatens to deploy 10,000 people to occupy Hong Kong's Central district, paralysing commerce.
While Japan says that it has made apologies, those have been deemed unsatisfactory and ambiguous by many victims and some of the governments of affected areas.
City Opera is looking to leave the New York State Theater, which it shares with City Ballet, because of what it deems unsatisfactory acoustics and is considering several sites, including that of the World Trade Center.
