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The European Commission's proposals aim to strengthen the competitiveness and the sustainabilityof European agriculture and maintain its presence in all regions of the European Union, in order to guarantee European citizens healthy and quality food production, to preserve the environment and to help develop the European Union's rural areas. The future policy will continue the shift towards market orientation, building on the progress achieved through previous CAP reforms over the past twenty years. The decoupled direct payments will remain the core of CAP spending and the role of market measures will not go beyond providing safety-net for farmers in crisis situations.

(...) The CFTA (Continental Free Trade Area) is also expected to boost intra-African Trade through overcoming dependence on exportation of primary products and promotion of social and economic transformation for inclusive growth industrialization and sustainable development in line with the AU (African Union) Agenda 2063.

Nicaragua is of the view that trade among nations is a key tool in sustainable development

In May 2010, Kuwait’s parliament passed the law setting out the framework for a programme of privatization of state-owned enterprises, including the criteria and conditions to be satisfied before an asset can be privatized, in order, inter alia, to ensure commitment to protection of the environment

The National Energy Policy has been revised in 2008 with the objective to develop the enormous potential in the sector by increasing options and exploitation of the country's indigenous energy resources for sustainable development.

USTR published the full text of the TPP Agreement on 5 November 2015, well in advance of the legal requirement, accompanied by detailed chapter summaries and fact sheets explaining the agreement's contents and benefits for workers, manufacturers, ranchers, farmers, services providers, and others, and explaining its achievements on issues such as maintaining a free and open Internet, raising labor and environmental standards, and helping American small and medium-sized businesses export.

During the period under review various laws were passed to correct the fiscal imbalance. These include the Law on Revenue Enhancement, Social Equity and Rationalization of Public Expenditure contained in Decree No. 17 2010 (this law constituted a considerable reform of the Honduran tax system, introducing significant changes to various taxes such as sales tax, excise taxes, green tax and income tax); (...)

On 20 November 2013, the EU adopted its 7th Environment Action Programme (EAP) to 2020. It is a common strategy for both EU institutions and Member States and shall guide environment policy. The EAP identifies three key objectives to be achieved by 2020:
• to protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural capital;
• to turn the Union into a resource-efficient, green, and competitive low-carbon economy;
• to safeguard the Union's citizens from environment-related pressures and risks to health and wellbeing.
In addition, four so-called 'enablers' will help Europe deliver on these goals:
• better implementation of legislation;
• better information by improving the knowledge base;
• more and wiser investment for environment and climate policy;
• full integration of environmental requirements and considerations into other policies.
Finally, two additional horizontal priority objectives complete the programme:
• to make the Union's cities more sustainable;
to help the Union address international environmental and climate challenges more effectively;

Jamaica is in the process of developing a National Investment Policy by 2018, which will support the realization of the country's national sustainable development goals and the country's overall development strategy as set out in the GOJ's medium term economic programme and Vision 2030. (...)

(...) The clothing sector has also gained a prestigious image through their due consideration to ethical manufacturing (concept of "Garments without Guilt"), sustainable environment policies (Green Factories) and corporate social responsibilities.