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(...) Beyond the WTO context, New Zealand is also a strong proponent of fossil fuel subsidies reform and the 2012 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) commitment to reduce tariffs on a list of 54 environmental goods to 5% or less by the end of 2015. New Zealand is currently leading the Friends of the Chair on Environmental Goods and Services to implement this APEC commitment.

For the period of 2012-2015, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC), the principal authority responsible for formulating and implementing Thailand's agricultural policies concentrates on 3 strategies: (...) and (3) Agricultural Resources Development and Management Strategy, focusing on irrigated areas expansion, fishery resource development, soil improvement, and land development.

Mali is relying on the Strategic Framework for Economic Recovery and Sustainable Development (CREDD) to revitalize its economy.

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
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The CPTPP is a 21st century agreement that establishes a new global standard for trade policy rules and market access commitments.(...)The CPTPP also covers areas beyond the scope of traditional FTAs, including chapters to address concerns about non-market behaviour by state-owned enterprises and provisions to ensure high levels of protection for labour rights and the environment, backed by enforceable dispute settlement.

The Colombian Government believes that accession to the OECD will favour the sustainability of important structural public policy reforms. (…)

Several government agencies have been reformed or established since the previous TPR.
They include:3) the Transport Bureau (DSAT), which is responsible for developing a safe, smooth,environmentally -friendly and convenient commuting and traffic system; and 4) the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA), whose principal duties involve research and planning as well as implementing, coordinating and promoting policies related to environmental protection.

The EEA Agreement includes areas that have an impact on the competitive position of enterprises, such as the environment, and areas in the current program period (2009-2014) include environmental protection and climate change

Good Living is a State-guaranteed objective that recognizes and guarantees the right to food sovereignty and the right of the population to live in a healthy and ecologically balanced environment that ensures sustainability and good living (sumak kawsay) by proclaiming the public interest in protecting the environment, conserving ecosystems, biodiversity and the integrity of the country's genetic heritage, prevention of environmental damage, and the recovery of degraded natural spaces

(...) The certification of Fiji's Albacore long-line fishery by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in 2012 and the establishment of a Competent Authority ensure that no illegally caught fish enters the supply chain. At the same time, Fiji continues to undertake proactive domestic, sub-regional and regional measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and to ensure sustainability of limited fisheries resources.

New Zealand's Closer Economic Partnership Agreement with Hong Kong, China was signed in March 2010 and entered into force on 1 January 2011. (...) The agreement contains measures to improve business flows and promote cooperation in a broad range of economic areas of mutual interest, and is supported by legally-binding side agreements on labour and the environment.