Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/428 |
G-2§99 |
Moldova, Republic of |
2022 |
Measures |
Other support measures |
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2.99. In 2022, the government is on course to approve six more new SME support programs, with a cumulative budget of MDL 600 million under the short-term budgetary policy framework for 2022 2024:
• Refurbishment and Energy Efficiency Program;
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• Fund for the Development and Acceleration of the Sustainable Economy (allocated budget – MDL 70 million).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/434/REV.1 |
S-2§6 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Environmental provisions in trade agreements |
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2.6. (...) despite the rationale behind Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for an expedited and unedited version of an agreement passing through Congress, there have been recent cases where Congress has intervened, in particular in the recent USMCA, whereby negotiations were necessary between the Administration and Congress to amend certain provisions on labor, environment, intellectual property rights (IPRs), and enforcement. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/434/REV.1 |
S-3§59 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition |
Not specified |
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3.59. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for enforcing laws on behalf of other agencies that restrict or otherwise prohibit importation of a number of goods, often to protect human, animal, plant life and health, or to conserve exhaustible natural resources. (...). Many of the measures are codified in CBP statutes (19 C.F.R. Part 12 – Special classes of merchandise), contained in various trade legislation, i.e. the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, or in legislation of other agencies, e.g. the Clean Air Act. A few new measures were put in place or amended during the review period.
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Clean
Conservation
Natural resources
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/434/REV.1 |
S-3§205 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Measures |
Other support measures |
Not specified |
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3.205. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) operates under Congressional mandates in accordance with its Charter. There are currently four such mandates addressing small businesses, Sub-Saharan Africa, environmentally beneficial goods and services, and China and transformational exports. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/434/REV.1 |
S-3§214 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Measures |
Loans and financing, Other support measures |
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3.214. (...) The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) facilitates such market-based private sector development and inclusive economic growth in less developed countries through the provision of credit, capital, and other financial support to, inter alia, provide countries a robust alternative to state-directed investments by authoritarian governments and United States strategic competitors, using best practices with respect to transparency and environment and social safeguards, and which take into account the debt sustainability of partner countries.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/434/REV.1 |
S-3§216 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Measures |
Other environmental requirements |
Not specified |
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3.216. The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has its own Inspector General reviewing, investigating, and inspecting its operations and activities. The BUILD Act requires the DFC Board to establish a "transparent and independent accountability mechanism" to evaluate and report annually about DFC's statutory compliance with environmental, social, labor, human rights, and transparency standards (22 U.S.C. 9614). (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-4§6 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Other measures |
Not specified |
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4.6. USTR chairs and administers both the Trade Policy Review Group (TPRG) and the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC). (...). The 21 voting member agencies of the TPRG and TPSC are: (...); the Environmental Protection Agency; (...); the Council on Environmental Quality; (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/429/REV.1 |
S-3§55 |
Mexico |
2022 |
Measures |
Import licences |
Not specified |
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3.55. (...). Automatic licences (automatic permits) are used to keep a statistical record of imports, while non automatic licences are used to regulate the trade of specific products, in order to protect consumers, public health or the environment, regulate the import of inputs under preferential regimes or comply with international treaties or agreements.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/429/REV.1 |
S-3§83 |
Mexico |
2022 |
Measures |
Export licences, Export tariffs |
Not specified |
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3.83. Mexico regulates exports of certain products in order to protect public health, public morality, security and public order; to conserve the country's non renewable and historically significant resources; (...)
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Conservation
Natural resources
Renewable
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/429/REV.1 |
S-3§122 |
Mexico |
2022 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
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3.122. During 2017-21, Mexico notified the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade of 168 technical regulations relating mainly to the protection of human health and the environment, and consumer protection and information (labelling). (...)
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