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Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/213; WT/TPR/S/213/Rev.1 G-III§50; S-IV§49, 51 Fiji 2009 Sectors Energy
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Objective of the Government are to improve the national energy mix from 40% of renewable energy to 50% for the grid and from 5% to 10% for off-grid electricity by 2011, and to have 30% of fuel used in transport from biofuel, Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) or Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by 2010.
Keywords
Bio
Energy
Renewable
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/216/Rev.1; WT/TPR/S/216/Rev.1 G-III§58-9, 77, 85, 88; S-II§30, 36 New Zealand 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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New Zealand's objective is that trade policy, labour policy and environmental policy should, where possible, be mutually supportive and has included trade and labour and trade and environment outcomes in the broad context of all its bilateral and plurilateral FTA agreements.
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Environment
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/222/Rev.1 G-S-II§10 Eswatini 2009 Sectors Energy
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Government is exploring renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar in order to reduce reliance on imported electricity and improve energy security in the country.
Keywords
Energy
Renewable
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/240; WT/TPR/S/240/Rev.1 G-III§67, 71; G-IV§88; S-IV§59-65 Democratic Republic of Congo 2011 Sectors Forestry
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The Forest Code promulgated in 2002 has as its objective the sustainable management of the water and forest resources, fauna and flora, in addition the DRC is a member of the Treaty on the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa
Keywords
Bio
Conservation
Environment
Forest
Sustainable
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/239; WT/TPR/S/239 G-IV§48, 53-54; S-IV§38, 41 Papua New Guinea 2011 Sectors Forestry
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To achieve its objective of sustainable management, the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority (PNGFA) drafted the National Forest Development Guidelines which gives direction to the National Forest Plan and the Forestry and Climate Change Policy Framework for Action (2009-2015)
Keywords
Climate
Environment
Forest
Sustainable
Conservation
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/254 G-IV§156; S-II§26-27 Ecuador 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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Ecuador has participated actively in the DDA of multilateral trade negotiations whose latest individual or joint submissions relate to TRIPS and TRIPS-related issues (e.g. biological diversity, wines and spirits) and fisheries subsidies, among other issues
Keywords
Bio
Climate
Environment
Fish
Organic
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/264; WT/TPR/S/264/rev.1 G-II§16; S-IV§10, 45; Table AIII.6 China 2012 Sectors Agriculture
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The 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) reaffirms the commitments in earlier plans to build a Socialist New Countryside through strengthened support, more benefits to farmers, and the promotion of modernization in order to improve living standards for farmers, emphasizing the need to increase farm mechanization as well as the development and adoption of biotechnology and protection of the natural environment
Keywords
Bio
Conservation
Environment
Pollution
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/214; WT/TPR/S/214/Rev.1 G-III§41; S-II§33 European Union 2009 Trade Policy Framework
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The EC has recently been putting increased efforts into addressing emerging issues in areas such as TBT, SPS, TRIPS, and trade and environment.
Keywords
Environment
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/244; WT/TPR/S/244 G-II§67-68; S-II§18 Australia 2011 Trade Policy Framework
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Australia has participated actively in the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations with submissions related to trade and environment and fisheries subsidies, among other things
Keywords
Climate
Environment
Fish
Sustainable
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/251; WT/TPR/S/251/Rev.1 G-IV§34; S-IV§69, 108 Guinea 2011 Sectors Mining
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The policy goal in this sector is to attract investors while at the same time creating the largest possible number of jobs for Guineans and also protecting the environment, as most mining is in open-cast mines, generally leading to degradation of the soil, destruction of the plant cover and pollution of water by the discharge of industrial waste water, grease and chemicals
Keywords
Environment
Pollution
Sustainable
Waste
Hazardous