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A corporate structure, such as the International Clean Energy Foundation in charge of foreign assistance for greenhouse gas reduction, may provide (usually also includes) a clearly defined management structure through the use of a board of directors or similar governing body

The United States has also identified certain government entities as state-trading enterprises, such as the Power Administration under which the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) operate hydroelectric projects to provide or manage water for such multiple purposes as irrigation, flood control, navigation, recreation, water supply, and environmental enhancement

United States reported 50 federal programmes, and over 500 sub-federal programs, including programmes related to, inter alia, renewable energy resources, energy conservation, energy efficiency, as well as a number of programmes, grants, tax credits, and other incentives related to energy biofuel, biodiesel and renewable diesel

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) undertook a range of initiatives to further improve quality and timeliness, including the Green Technology Pilot Program, which ran from December 2009 to December 2011, enabling applicants to request accelerated examination for patents on green technologies

Other domestic support programmes remain in place, including energy programmes (such as the Biomass Crop Assistance Program), credit programmes for loans to farmers, and marketing orders for some horticultural products, as well as environmental programmes

Within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the Department of Commerce, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for the management, conservation, and protection of living marine resources within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), including the International Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network, which seeks to link fisheries enforcement agencies from different countries to reduce illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, although other federal government agencies are also involved in developing and implementing fisheries policies in order to end overfishing and rebuild stocks, including of marine mammal stocks, based on scientific assessments of stocks and market-based management approaches to conservation and protection (including of fish habitats) at both the domestic and international levels

The U.S. trade regimes for environmental services appear very open with full GATS commitments

Australia encourages the OECD to continue to undertake work of interest to Australia, including efforts focused on non-tariff measures, regional trade agreements (RTAs) and aspects of trade and environment

In the Brunei discussions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, a wide range of subject areas were discussed including goods, services, investment, government procurement, intellectual property, competition policy, capacity building, labour and environment

Australia's international competitiveness has been focused on among other things adjustment to climate change, by considering the introduction of a cap-and-trade Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme