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4.10. (...) [Trade] Advisory committee members represent the full span of interests, including manufacturing; agriculture; digital trade; intellectual property; services; small businesses; labor; environment, consumer and public health organizations; and State and local governments. USTR manages the advisory committee system in collaboration with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor. The advisory committee system is organized into three tiers: the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN); five policy advisory committees, dealing with environment, labor, agriculture, Africa, and State and local governments; and 20 technical advisory committees in the areas of industry and agriculture.

4.12. (...) The Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee on Trade, the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee (TEPAC), and the Trade Advisory Committee on Africa are appointed and managed solely by USTR. Each committee provides advice based on the perspective of its specific area, and their members are chosen to represent the diversity of interests in each area.

5.1. The United States is committed to the WTO and believes we must work within the WTO to encourage a race to the top and confront global challenges as they arise. There is a strong precedent for this approach: the Marrakesh Declaration and Agreement, on which the WTO is founded, begins with the recognition that the purpose of trade should be to raise living standards and ensure full employment, bearing in mind the objective of sustainable development, and the need to protect and preserve the environment.

5.35. (...) The Dominican Republic-Central America – United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) Free Trade Commission (FTC) is the central oversight body for the CAFTA–DR. The FTC is responsible for monitoring the implementation and administration of the Agreement, including strengthening implementation and facilitating trade, enhancing opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and addressing trade related aspects of labor and environment. (...)

5.40. The United States-Chile FTA entered into force on 1 January 2004. (...). The United States-Chile FTA (...) requires effective labor and environmental enforcement. (...)

5.43. The United States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) established an Environmental Affairs Council (EAC) under the environment chapter. The related U.S.-Colombia Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA) established an Environmental Cooperation Commission (ECC). In July 2018, the United States and Colombia finalized an agreement establishing a secretariat to receive and consider submissions from the public on matters regarding enforcement of environmental laws pursuant to Article 18.8 of the CTPA. The secretariat is housed in Colombia and is intended to promote public participation in the identification and resolution of issues regarding each party's enforcement of its environmental laws.

[United States—Korea Free Trade Agreement]
5.51. (...) in 2019, the United States requested environment consultations with Korea under the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) Environment Chapter to discuss concerns regarding Korea's response to actions of Korean vessels that contravened measures adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). Following these consultations, Korea adopted amendments to Korea's Distant Water Fisheries Development Act to enable the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries to administer administrative sanctions for violations of conservation and management measures of regional fisheries management organizations, including CCAMLR.

5.54. (...) The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) features strong, enforceable labor and environmental obligations in the core text of the Agreement. (...)

5.56. The 5.54. The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA's) Environment Chapter obligations are fully enforceable under the USMCA's dispute settlement mechanism and address key environmental challenges such as illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and for disciplining harmful fisheries subsidies. The USMCA commits the United States, Mexico, and Canada to take actions to combat and prevent trafficking in timber, fish, and other wildlife, and includes provisions to address other environmental issues such as air quality and marine litter.

5.65. The United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) entered into force on 1 February 2009. The PTPA eliminates tariffs and removes barriers to U.S. services, provides a secure, predictable legal framework for investors, and strengthens protections for intellectual property, workers, and the environment. (...)