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In September 2008, the European Commission initiated a full review of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) with the aim of overhauling the institutional framework of EC fisheries management in order to ensure sustainable exploitation of resources.

Norway issued other white papers during the review period that address trade and environmental issues. A White Paper on "Nature for Life", Norway's national biodiversity action plan, recognizes the interlinkages between trade and environmental issues. [12] It states that the Government's objective is to "maintain and develop a trade framework that maximises Norwegian value creation while at the same time contributing to global growth and sustainable development". It further states that "trade commitments must be designed to take into account countries' needs to implement effective environmental and climate policies. At the same time, it is important that countries are not permitted to unilaterally implement discriminatory or protectionist measures that unnecessarily obstruct trade." [13] It further addresses the specific issues of sustainable fisheries and trade in endangered species. For sustainable fisheries, it notes that Norway has been advocating for effective rules in the WTO to prohibit fisheries subsidies that contribute to overfishing, excess capacity and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. It furthermore indicates that new regulations were to be issued that go beyond the CITES convention to protect threatened species in Norway. Work on the new regulations is in progress and they are expected to be issued in the spring of 2018. The regulations go beyond CITES in the following areas: CITES import permits will be required in addition to export permits for the import of Appendix II-species and for the internal trade of Appendix I-species, and certain (frequently traded) Appendix II-species will require an internal CITES certificate and must also be tagged or otherwise marked.

[12] Regjeringen online information. Viewed at: https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/902deab2906342dd823906d06ed05db2/en-gb/pdfs/stm201520160014000engpdfs.pdf.
[13] Regjeringen online information. Viewed at: https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/902deab2906342dd823906d06ed05db2/en-gb/pdfs/stm201520160014000engpdfs.pdf.

To support the WTO's regular work, Singapore has chaired committees and negotiating groups in Geneva, and tabled papers and proposals to advance discussions on issues such as environmental goods and non-tariff barriers

Under the Agreement on Internal Trade, the federal, provincial, and territorial governments agreed to focus on 11 sectors or policy instruments that offer the greatest potential for the reduction of barriers including inter alia, environmental protection; natural resources processing; and energy

In addition to trade liberalization, Zimbabwe is also participating in a number of COMESA programmes in the areas of agriculture, gender, infrastructure, climate change, trade facilitation and harmonization of standards in the region

(...) Active work is being carried out with micro, small and medium sized enterprises to encourage them to open up to the international market, (...) stimulate innovation throughout the enterprise, and develop socially responsible, sustainable and environmentally friendly business practices.

Research in environmental programmes