Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-5§90 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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5.90. In October 2021, President Biden announced that the United States would develop an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to deepen economic relationships with allies and partners in the region. This framework will promote resilient, sustainable, and inclusive growth for workers and businesses, including by advancing strong labor standards and addressing climate change. (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-5§92 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Other measures |
Energy, Other |
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5.92. The United States will use Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to address a range of important areas of economic cooperation, including: trade; supply chains; clean energy, decarbonization, (...); environment; (...). The U.S. Department of Commerce will lead U.S. efforts to expand cooperation on supply chains; clean energy, decarbonization, and infrastructure; and tax and anti-corruption.
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Clean
Climate
Energy
Environment
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WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-5§96 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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[U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council]
5.96. USTR is also one of the U.S. co-leads for the Climate and Clean Tech working group, along with the Department of State and the Department of Energy. On the EU side, the group is co-led by the Directorates-General for Climate Action, for Research and Innovation, and for Communication Networks, Content and Technology. The Climate and Clean Tech working group is seeking to identify opportunities, measures, and incentives to support technology development, transatlantic trade, and investment in climate neutral technologies, products, and services, including collaboration in third countries and on research and innovation. The working group is also exploring methodologies, tools, and technologies for calculating embedded greenhouse gas emissions in global trade.
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Clean
Climate
Emissions
Energy
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-5§98 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
General environmental reference |
All products/economic activities |
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5.98. (...) Trade in counterfeit and pirated products often fuels cross-border organized criminal networks, increases the vulnerability of workers to exploitative labor practices, and hinders sustainable economic development in many countries. (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-6§14 |
United States of America |
2022 |
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Public procurement |
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6.14. (...) The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) advances Prosper Africa through its Global Procurement Initiative, which provides education to public officials in emerging markets on how to establish procurement practices and policies that integrate life-cycle cost analysis and best value determination in a fair, transparent manner. The GPI helps partner countries acquire high-quality, long-lasting technologies, while building smart, sustainable infrastructure with overall savings to their government.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-6§16 |
United States of America |
2022 |
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6.16. (...) the Standards Alliance provides private sector technical assistance in the region on the biofuels, and water and sanitation sectors. (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-8§1 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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8.1. Since the last U.S. Trade Policy Review, the United States made significant progress on a range of trade and environment matters in multiple fora, including through multilateral, regional and bilateral trade initiatives.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-8§2 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Environmental provisions in trade agreements |
Fisheries, Forestry, Other |
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8.2. The USMCA Environment chapter (Chapter 24) includes the most comprehensive set of enforceable environmental obligations of any previous U.S. free trade agreement. These include commitments relating to harmful fisheries subsidies; wildlife trafficking; illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; the protection of marine species; marine litter; sustainable forest management; air quality; and public participation and environmental cooperation. Full implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of the USMCA Chapter 24 continues to be a key priority. In June 2021, the United States, with its Mexican and Canadian counterparts, organized the inaugural meeting of the trilateral Environment Committee during which the Parties provided updates on respective efforts to implement Chapter 24 commitments, including an in-depth discussion of cooperative law enforcement efforts to stem wildlife trafficking and trade in illegally harvested timber. The meeting also included a public session, which provided public stakeholders the opportunity to raise questions and comments to the Parties. In February 2022, the United States launched consultations with Mexico under the Environment Chapter Article 24.29.2 regarding Mexico's obligations to effectively enforce its fisheries-related laws, regulations, and other measures designed to prevent illegal fishing in the Upper Gulf of California, to prevent trafficking of protected species such as the totoaba fish, and to protect and conserve the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Through these consultations United States is working closely with the Government of Mexico to strengthen Mexico's fisheries enforcement and ensure effective enforcement of USMCA environment commitments.
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Conservation
Environment
Fish
Forest
Sustainable
Wildlife
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-8§3 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Environmental provisions in trade agreements |
Forestry |
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8.3. The United States has also continued to prioritize implementation of the FTAs currently in force. In particular, the United States continued to actively monitor and enforce the United States–Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) and its landmark Forest Annex. Following a 2018 verification exercise, the United States took action in July 2019, and again in October 2020, to block future timber imports from a Peruvian exporter based on illegally harvested timber found in its supply chain. In addition, the United States and Peru held regular bilateral discussions on the implementation of obligations under the Agreement's Environment Chapter and Forest Annex, including discussions related to the Secretariat for Submissions on Environmental Enforcement Matters (Secretariat) established in Article 18.8 of the Agreement. In September 2021, the United States and Peru undertook a process to select a new Executive Director of the Secretariat. The new Executive Director was selected in December 2021 and will serve a term of two years beginning in early 2022. The United States continued to engage closely with Peru to combat illegal logging and work toward improving forest sector governance. Keeping illegal timber out of the supply chain is a high priority as illegal logging damages the global environment and the natural resources we all depend on and is unfair to our workers and businesses.
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Environment
Forest
Natural resources
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/434 |
G-8§4 |
United States of America |
2022 |
Measures |
Environmental provisions in trade agreements |
Forestry |
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8.4. On 1 October 2021, the United States and Viet Nam signed an agreement that addresses U.S. concerns in the Viet Nam Timber Section 301 investigation, which was initiated in October 2020. This was the first Section 301 investigation to address environmental concerns. The Agreement secured commitments that will help keep illegally harvested or traded timber out of the supply chain and protect the environment and natural resources. USTR determined that the Agreement provided a satisfactory resolution of the matter subject to investigation and that no trade action was warranted at that time. USTR is monitoring Viet Nam's implementation of the Agreement. Pursuant to the Agreement, bilateral engagement on this issue continues through the Timber Working Group under the United States-Viet Nam Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. The Timber Working Group was established to facilitate coordination between the parties and to oversee the implementation of the Agreement. The first meeting of the Timber Working Group was convened in April 2022.
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Environment
Forest
Natural disaster
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