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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

The main objectives of the Gran Minga Nacional Agropecuaria (GMNA) are: (...) realign agricultural policy with national development interests in order to guarantee sustainable and comprehensive progress in rural areas, access to healthy food, and improved living conditions for the population.

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.

Export restrictions on hides and skins have been eliminated, with the exception of wet blue hides in order to ensure the sustainable development of the tanning sector and to protect the environment.

The launching of Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030 in 2008, and the new constitutional amendments in 2012 have positively impacted the national business environment towards more competitiveness, sustainable development, skilled employment, economic growth, and social fairness.

Since the creation of the WTO, Brazil has signed more than thirty bilateral agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary matters, based on SPS Agreement principles. The main purpose of these agreements is to identify common rules, simplify import controls, harmonize certification requirements, and facilitate bilateral trade and the entry of selected products. The importance of such agreements for Brazilian exporters and their trade partners can be measured by the increase in the bilateral volume of trade exports with more than one hundred countries and the integration of medium and small-sized agricultural producers into the international market in sectors as honeybee, organic products, fresh fruits and flowers. However, the full potential of Brazil's agribusiness has yet to be fully developed, mainly due to the lack of recognition of equivalence agreements by some countries, as recommended by the SPS Agreement.

The success of the political transition has enabled the country to establish a favourable environment for economic activity and growth, thus paving the way for successful economic and social transition, and a pathway to sustainable development as the result of major reforms.

Canada also recognizes that the achievement of significant political, economic, social, and environmental progress in the developing world will have a positive impact on prosperity and long term security, sustain a global reduction in poverty, and contribute to a better and safer world. (...)

The EU Treaties require that the EU promotes its principles and values, including the development of poorer countries, social and environmental protection, and respect for human rights, in its external action.

Singapore has put in place policies to reduce its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by switching from fuel oil to natural gas. Today, about 95% of Singapore's electricity is generated from natural gas. To meet the longer term demand for natural gas, Singapore has put in place a Competitive Licensing Framework to allow flexibility in importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) supplies on a tranche-by-tranche basis. This allows suppliers to bid in an open and competitive process to supply the next tranche of LNG to Singapore.