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Lao PDR's sustainable development including the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, largely depends on its capability to transform capital-intensive, resource-based system into a more diversified economy (…)

The EC promotes the liberalization of trade in environmental goods and services and seeks a clarification of the relationship between WTO and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs).

The primary sector employs 0.8% of the total workforce. The number of employees in the primary sector stayed stable in 2014 and 2015. Especially the dairy industry is important for Liechtenstein farmers. Some 55 farms produce around 13 million kg milk per year. In 2013, one third of 109 registered farms were certified to produce agricultural products according to organic farming production methods. The Liechtenstein agricultural sector plays an important role for the sustainable maintenance of hilly and mountainous areas, which make up two thirds of Liechtenstein's territory.

(...) As a net food importing country, efforts are made to shift small scale farming practises to sizable commercial operations as a means to enhance food security, cater to the needs of the growing tourism market as well as to build economic resilience in the face of the global climate change and its likely impact.

In April 2013, Japan and the United States completed bilateral consultations regarding Japan's participation in the negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and decided to conduct negotiations on non-tariff measures (NTMs) and on motor vehicle trade in parallel to the TPP negotiations. (...) The negotiation on motor vehicle trade includes (...) Green/New Technology Vehicles (...)

The Government's economic policies above are complimented by the ongoing work of the National Reform Council (NRC), who, under the Interim Constitution Sections 27-31, has undertaken reform tasks in 11 areas: politics, public administration, law and justice, local administration, education, economy, energy, public health and environment, media, society, and others. (...)

According to the National Strategy for Sustainable forestry Development in the Republic of Macedonia with the Action Plan 2007-2009”, both adopted by the Government, the MAFWE is responsible for creation and implementation of policies and reforms for sustainable management of forest  resources. The state-owned forests cover 90,14% and the private owned forests cover 9,86% of the total forest land. State-owned forest management is carried out by Public Enterprise "Macedonian forests" within which there are 30 branch offices responsible for forest  management, sylviculture, seedling nurseries and a forestation, as well as forest  protection.

Requirement that operators of thermal power stations using fossil fuels offset the stations'emissions ; and lastly

The three main planks of the National Development Plan Paraguay 2030 focus the Government's efforts on designing and implementing an economic policy that aims to achieve inclusive, environmentally friendly growth featuring innovation and technological development.

To date, of 456 WTO disputes, Brazil participated in 114 – 26 as complainant, 14 as respondent and 74 as a third party. Most of the cases dealt with issues that are at the core of the multilateral trading system, such as: the protection of the environment (Brazil – Tyres) and public health (EU – Generic Drugs); granting of subsidies both to industrial (Canada – Aircraft) and agricultural goods (EU – Sugar and US - Upland Cotton) and the application of trade restrictive measures by developed countries (US - Orange Juice).