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The central oversight body for the Agreement is the United States-Bahrain Joint Committee (JC), chaired jointly by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and Bahrain's Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Dates for the third meeting of the JC have not yet been set, but when scheduled, officials of the two governments expect to discuss a broad range of trade issues, including efforts to increase bilateral trade and investment levels, possible cooperation in the broader MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, and additional cooperative efforts related to labor rights and environmental protection.

The exportation of wild animals or their products (trophy or meat) is prohibited unless accompanied by an export permit issued by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks.

Moreover new taxes have been introduced such as the Personal Income Tax (2009), the royalty tax (2009), the non-agricultural land use tax (2010), and the environmental protection tax (2010)

2.3. One of the main developments during the period under review was the replacement of the long-standing Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) with a new agreement, the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), as Canada's main internal trade agreement, on 1 July 2017. (...)
(...)The CFTA also strengthens dispute settlement procedures, increases alignment with international obligations, and includes provisions on environmental protection and labour mobility. (...)

The EU also maintains import restrictions on security and environmental grounds. Some such controls/restrictions stem from treaties and international conventions to which it, and/or its member States, are a party. That is the case of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. In principle, imports (and exports) of such Ozone Depleting substances (ODS) are prohibited but there are exemptions to that prohibition, and those exemptions are subject to an import licensing scheme. [63] (...)

[63] Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ L 286, 31 October 2009); for a list of the products subject to the scheme and a detailed description of the licensing regime see WTO document G/LIC/N/3/EU/3, 6 November 2014, pp. 24-30.

Import prohibition applied to various items containing or made of certain ozone depleting substances and ephedrine

Table 3.9 Imports subject to prior authorization, 2014
Products: Wildlife e.g. reptiles, etc.
Premises inspection and permit-issuing body: Department of Game & Wildlife

Products: Chemical and allied products
Premises inspection and permit-issuing body: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Public bodies are encouraged to concentrate on environment issues with respect to technical standards.

Export of products consuming too much energy and exhaustible natural resources and causing serious pollution continues to be strictly controlled as an integral part of the ecological and environmental protection measures of the Chinese Government, such as the introduction of export quotas (together with licensing requirement) on rare earth ferroalloy (ex HS 7202.99.91) on 20 May 2011 in order to achieve sustainable development under intensifying pressure from resources and environmental constraints and help conserve natural resources or protect the environment

Samoa is subject to economic and environmental volatility. Its economic development opportunities are constrained by inherent challenges including (...)high frequency and intensity of natural disasters largely due to climate change. (...)