Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/429/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.21 |
Mexico |
2022 |
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Import licences, Other environmental requirements |
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Table 3.21 Import certificates, 2021
Products: GMOs.
Institution: Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS)
Document: Prior sanitary import permit
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/429/REV.1 |
S-3§140 |
Mexico |
2022 |
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3.140. The Interministerial Commission on Biosafety and Genetically Modified Organisms (CIBIOGEM) is responsible for establishing policies on biotechnology safety and the safe use of GMOs. These activities are regulated by the Law on Biosafety of GMOs and its implementing regulations. The importation of GMOs for experimental release into the environment, for pilot programmes or for commercial use, requires a permit issued by SADER and SEMARNAT, after a risk analysis has been conducted (Article 66 of the Law on Biosafety of GMOs). Subsequent imports do not require new permits, provided they concern the same GMO and the same area of release into the environment (Article 58 of the Law on Biosafety of GMOs).
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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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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-4§9 |
United States of America |
2022 |
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Safeguard measure / investigation |
Manufacturing |
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4.9. ().. in 2021 and 2022, the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) held public hearings or fostered public participation by inviting written submissions and responses to questions from the TPSC on a range of topics, including: (...) the Extension Review of the Safeguard Action on Imports of Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (September to December 2021); (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-4§10 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Other measures |
All products/economic activities |
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4.10. (...) [Trade] Advisory committee members represent the full span of interests, including manufacturing; agriculture; digital trade; intellectual property; services; small businesses; labor; environment, consumer and public health organizations; and State and local governments. USTR manages the advisory committee system in collaboration with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor. The advisory committee system is organized into three tiers: the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN); five policy advisory committees, dealing with environment, labor, agriculture, Africa, and State and local governments; and 20 technical advisory committees in the areas of industry and agriculture.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-4§12 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Other measures |
All products/economic activities |
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4.12. (...) The Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee on Trade, the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee (TEPAC), and the Trade Advisory Committee on Africa are appointed and managed solely by USTR. Each committee provides advice based on the perspective of its specific area, and their members are chosen to represent the diversity of interests in each area.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-5§1 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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All products/economic activities |
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5.1. The United States is committed to the WTO and believes we must work within the WTO to encourage a race to the top and confront global challenges as they arise. There is a strong precedent for this approach: the Marrakesh Declaration and Agreement, on which the WTO is founded, begins with the recognition that the purpose of trade should be to raise living standards and ensure full employment, bearing in mind the objective of sustainable development, and the need to protect and preserve the environment.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-5§35 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Environmental provisions in trade agreements |
All products/economic activities |
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5.35. (...) The Dominican Republic-Central America – United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) Free Trade Commission (FTC) is the central oversight body for the CAFTA–DR. The FTC is responsible for monitoring the implementation and administration of the Agreement, including strengthening implementation and facilitating trade, enhancing opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and addressing trade related aspects of labor and environment. (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-5§40 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Environmental provisions in trade agreements |
All products/economic activities |
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5.40. The United States-Chile FTA entered into force on 1 January 2004. (...). The United States-Chile FTA (...) requires effective labor and environmental enforcement. (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-5§43 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Environmental provisions in trade agreements |
All products/economic activities |
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5.43. The United States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) established an Environmental Affairs Council (EAC) under the environment chapter. The related U.S.-Colombia Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA) established an Environmental Cooperation Commission (ECC). In July 2018, the United States and Colombia finalized an agreement establishing a secretariat to receive and consider submissions from the public on matters regarding enforcement of environmental laws pursuant to Article 18.8 of the CTPA. The secretariat is housed in Colombia and is intended to promote public participation in the identification and resolution of issues regarding each party's enforcement of its environmental laws.
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