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According to the Lisbon Treaty, EU trade policy must address developmental, environmental, and social objectives

In Switzerland's view, trade has to play an important role in addressing the goals of sustainable development, as reflected in the United Nations 2030 Agenda, and the challenge of climate change in particular. In WTO and other international organizations, Switzerland therefore actively advocates policies and rules that promote sustainable development and coherence between trade rules and relevant environmental, labour and social commitments.

On TRIPS, the country follows the negotiations regarding public health, extending the list of patents regarding protection of biodiversity and traditional knowledge and achieving a higher level of protection of products with geographical indication. The country ratified the Protocol for Amending the TRIPS Agreement.

Saudi Arabia has undertaken a number of measures to implement the plan agreed upon by the leaders of the G20 in Washington on November 15, 2008 in an attempt to reduce the effect of the financial crisis and to ensure sustainable and balanced economic growth

Launching of a fiscal stimulus package of RM 7 billion on November 2008 through which efforts are intensified to, inter alia, reduce dependence on oil, as well as to diversify sources of energy, and promote energy efficiency

There is no legislation regarding GMOs. The authorities indicated that the importation of GMOs is not subject to special procedures or restrictions. Dominica is a contracting party to the IPPC, and a member of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. It is not a member of the OIE.

In the Doha Round, Tonga has expressed an interest in the negotiations to impose disciplines on fisheries subsidies and, together with its African, Caribbean, and Pacific Island (ACP) partners, Tonga is a "W52 Sponsor".[9] (…)

A National Leading Group for Comprehensive Deepening Reform was established as a result of the Plenary Session's decision; it is tasked with the responsibility of setting a reform roadmap, and with the coordination, promotion, and supervision of the decision's implementation. To this end, under the Leading Group, six subgroups were established: (a) economic reform and environmental protection; (b) democracy and rule of law; (c) cultural issues; (d) social issues; (e) reform of the Party's building system; and (f) disciplinary inspection (anti-corruption).

(…) The MEUFTA (Malaysia-European Free Trade Agreement) negotiations which commenced on 6 Dec 2010 is a comprehensive FTA covering 13 working groups which include market access for goods, services, investment, competition policy, intellectual property rights, government procurement as well as sustainable development issues covering labour and environment.

(…) Moreover, the OECS States are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, such as hurricanes and other extreme weather events including droughts, which are now being exacerbated by the adverse impacts of global climate change. These disasters effectively reduce the domestic capital stock, lead to an increase in the cost of capital through high replacement rates, and force States to resort to additional borrowing to aid recovery efforts.