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With regard to NAFTA, Canada's trade policy agenda over the period under review has shifted to place a greater emphasis on reduction of barriers behind the border, and in particular to cooperation with a view to reducing unnecessary regulatory barriers, while maintaining high standards of health, safety and environmental protection

Official policy and research are the responsibility of the Department of Fisheries in the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives while the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources in the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment is responsible for the natural marine environment

The country's long term strategy for sustainable and diversified exports has been updated to take into account the constant changes that may occur both within and outside Peru.

This city of the future is only the beginning of the UAE’s commitment to developing sustainable energy sources that can meet the predicted national annual peak demand of more than 40,000 megawatts by 2020. The U.A.E welcomes America’s private industry to participate in achieving this ambitious goal.

USTR reported active participation in the TRIPS Council reviews of TRIPS Agreement implementation and use of the TPR mechanism to "seek constructive engagement on issues related to TRIPS Agreement implementation" , and has raised a wide range of IP interests in these processes. The United States introduced TRIPS Council discussions on IP and innovation and the role of IP in sport, and contributed to discussions regarding IP and climate-related technology. In turn, during the most recent review of U.S. trade policies, other Members raised questions on methodologies for assessing the contribution of IP to the economy, as well as on many patent issues (patent quality and pendency, unity of invention, litigation by non-practicing or patent-assertion entities, humanitarian and green-technology initiatives, disclosure standards, remedies, post grant review, grace periods), copyright (foreign works, performers' rights, technological protection measures), trademarks and geographical indications, and enforcement of foreign-owned IP rights. In its Trade Policy Review and at the DSB, the United States also reported on legislative activities linked to implementation of DSB recommendations concerning IP-related case.

(…) domestic producers of ethanol, biodiesel and renewable diesel used in transport also continued to receive a government subsidy, which is to be gradually repealed (ethanol, biodiesel).

Table A2. 2 Business activities subject to licensing
Activities in the field of electric power industry (except for electricity supply at a non-regulated tariff; and in the field of nuclear energy)
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Treatment of hazardous substances and waste management (according to the list established by the Cabinet of Ministers)
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Transportation of passengers, dangerous cargos and wastes by means of river, sea and air transport, automotive transport and by railway, as well as international transportation of passengers and cargo by road
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Many old laws are still in force despite numerous amendments or partial repeals. For example, Law No. 94 41 excludes from the free foreign trade regime all products which affect security, public order, hygiene, health, morality, protection of fauna and flora and the country's cultural heritage (Section 3.1.4).

In order to address various challenges such as the aging of farmers and the expansion of abandoned farmland, the government has been implementing a "Aggressive Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries" initiative consisting of industrial policy (making agriculture, forestry, and fisheries competitive) and regional policy (securing the benefits of multi-functionality of agriculture such as preserving land ). (...)

NEPAD (New Partnership for African Development) also aims to promote the regional economic integration priorities of the continent. NEPAD projects are currently in place in the following domains: agriculture and food security; climate change and natural resource management; regional integration and infrastructure; human development; and economic and corporate governance, as well as some cross-cutting issues, such as gender and ICT development.