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In the TRIPS Council, Australia shared information and its national experiences in the implementation of policies to streamline IP in the economy: (...) and sustainable resource and low-emission technology strategies.[146]

[146] WTO document IP/C/M/82/Add.1, 1 September 2016.

Other agencies that are involved in international trade policy and trade relations include the Departments of Home Affairs; Agriculture and Water Resources; Industry, Innovation and Science; Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development; the Environment and Energy; Communications and the Arts; Health; and the Treasury.

Australia is a party to numerous regional and bilateral treaties, conventions and agreements for the establishment of joint bodies, for the sustainable management of shared fish resources, and for the combat of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. These include the establishment of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency, and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, the Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna, the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America (1988), and the Niue Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the South Pacific Region. Australia also concluded two Memoranda of Understanding, one with Indonesia regarding the operations of Indonesian traditional fishermen in the AFZ and the continental shelf, and the other with New Zealand regarding the conservation and management of orange roughy on the South Tasman Rise.

Table 3.11 Exports subject to licensing or other restrictions, 2019
Item: Ozone depleting substances(ODSs)/synthetic greenhouse gases (SGGs)
Justification: International commitments
Measure: Exportation of certain ODSs and SGGs is prohibited unless a licence has been granted by an authorized person at the Department of the Environment and Energy, as a delegate of the responsible minister. The licence requirement does not apply in certain circumstances.

The NATA and the JAS-ANZ are guided by international standards, including: (...) ISO 14001 (Environmental Management);

Current support programmes target risk management, environmental conservation, and provision of general services. Total support to agriculture amounts to approximately 0.2% of GDP.

Table 3.7 Imports subject to prohibition or non-automatic licensing, 2019
Item: Radioactive substances
Justification: Community protection/international commitments
Measure: Prohibited. Licensing and permit requirements are administered by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency.

Introduced in 2001, the Product Stewardship for Oil programme encourages oil recycling.[39] (...) The revenue generated by the levy is used to offset the costs of oil recyclers by granting them a benefit. The recycler must undertake the final processing stage, and use, or sell, the output for its end use.[41] The amount of benefit paid (per litre or kilogram) depends on the type of recycled output (eight end-product categories).[42]

[39] The Product Stewardship (Oil) Act, Act No. 102 of 2000, as amended, and the Product Stewardship (Oil) Regulations, 2000 set out the general framework for the levy-benefit system.
[41] The levy amounted to AUD 0.05449 per litre/kg prior to that date.
[42] The benefit is not paid for the stockpiling of recycled oil.

In April 2015, the Government detailed its energy strategy in the Energy White Paper (EWP). (...) Additionally, under the Paris Agreement, Australia increased its international climate change ambitions, and aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26%, to 28% below 2005 levels, by 2030. However, the EWP does not incorporate the Government's climate change pledge.

Table A2.2 RTAs in force, 2019
Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (MAFTA)
Coverage (selected features): Services, competition policy, environment, intellectual property rights, investment, and labour.