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2.63. (...) Since its foundation, the National Bank of Social and Economic Development (BNDES) has played a fundamental role in stimulating the expansion of industry and infrastructure in the country. Over the course of the Bank's history, its operations have evolved in accordance with the country's social and economic challenges, and now they include support for (...) sustainable socio-environmental development (...)

2.64. Credit lines offered by the National Bank of Social and Economic Development (BNDES) encompass long-term financing for the development of investment projects and for the commercialization of new machines and equipment, as well as the financing of Brazilian exports, taking into account ethical, environmental and sustainable development principles. (...)

2.66. The National Bank of Social and Economic Development (BNDES) aims to be the bank of Brazilian sustainable development and its missions are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (...) Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation stay relevant to the institution's strategy. BNDES's missions are also aligned to the transition to a low carbon economy, with a focus on expanding renewable energy, developing the market for carbon credits and promoting productive sector operations that have a positive environmental impact.

2.67. Beyond credit, the National Bank of Social and Economic Development (BNDES) stands out in project structuring, provision of guarantees, fund investments and issuance of green bonds. (...)

2.72. Brazil is also implementing social dialogue practices and technological tools in order to inform, train and make the social actors aware of the national law system and the international labour standards in order to help businesses achieve sustainable decent work across the country.

3.17. (...) Brazil took part in conclusion of the Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on Services Domestic Regulation in December 2021, and presented a pre-finalization schedule with five additional sectors (...) Environmental Services (...) showing its commitment to an ambitious outcome of this initiative. Brazil has also actively participated in all negotiations during the WTO's Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12).

3.20. Brazil attaches high priority to strengthening the WTO dispute settlement system and has actively participated in the mechanism since its very first dispute that advanced beyond the consultations stage (US – Gasoline). To date, of 612 WTO disputes, Brazil participated in 215 of them – 34 as complainant, 17 as respondent and 164 as a third party. Most of the cases of which Brazil was or is a party have dealt with issues that are at the core of the Multilateral Trading System, such as: (...) the protection of the environment (Brazil–Tyres) (...)

3.27. During the twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12), Brazil announced it would join the 3.4.4 Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) Ministerial Declaration and become a co-sponsor of that plurilateral initiative. Even while internal consultations were taking place, Brazil was the only non-cosponsor to present a proposal in the area. Document INF/TE/SSD/W/12 emphasizes the central role of the agricultural sector in promoting sustainable development and draws attention to the environmental impacts of agricultural subsidies. Brazil has also been a constructive participant in the discussions on trade and sustainability held in the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment.

4.10. Brazil has also maintained mutual recognition agreements with multilateral bodies such as (...) the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) and the Global Partnership for Good Agricultural Practice (Globalgap) (...)

4.29. Since the creation of the WTO, Brazil has signed more than 30 bilateral agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary matters, based on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement principles, besides several regional agreements. (...) The importance of such agreements for Brazilian exporters and their trade partners can be measured by the sustainable increase in production and in volume of trade exports with more than one hundred countries and the integration of medium and small-sized agricultural producers into the international market in sectors as (...) organic products