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Trade Topics

Currently under negotiation
• Agriculture
• Dispute-Settlement Procedure
• Environment
• Market Access for
  Non-Agricultural Products
• Services
• Trade-Related Aspects
  of Intellectual Property Rights
  (TRIPS)
• WTO Rules (dumping, subsidies)

Trade disputes
• Steel Safeguard Case
• FSC Case
• Other Cases

Under negotiation after
the 2003 Mexico ministerial

• Competition Policy (antitrust)
• Government Procurement
• Investment
• Trade Facilitation
Assigned to working groups
• Electronic Commerce
• Developing Country Issues


Agriculture

WTO Members Set Schedule to Meet 12-Month 'Modalities' Deadline
March 26, 2002 -- WTO press release

Veneman Says U.S. Farmers Will Benefit from China and Taiwan Entry into WTO
November 10, 2001 -- USDA press release

USTR on WTO Agriculture Negotiations
October 19, 2001 -- USTR Fact Sheet

USTR Initiates Environmental Review of Agriculture, Services Negotiations
January 18, 2001 -- USTR press release

U.S. Presents Agricultural Market Access Proposal
November 17, 2000 -- USTR press release

Proposal for Tariff Rate Quota Reform
November 14, 2000 -- Submission from the United States


Developing Country Issues

Africa's Stake in Global Trade and the WTO
February 14, 2002 -- Excerpt from Speech by USTR Zoellick in Nairobi, Kenya


Dispute Settlement Procedure

Senator Baucus Presses for WTO Dispute-Settlement Reforms
April 15, 2002 -- Letter to USTR Zoellick


Environment

USTR on WTO Decision Supporting U.S. on Shrimp-Turtle Law
October 22, 2001 -- USTR Press Release


Services

Proposal for Transparency in Domestic Regulation
July 13, 2001 -- Submission from the United States

Proposal for Advertising and Related Services
July 10, 2001 -- Submission from the United States

USTR Initiates Environmental Review of Agriculture, Services Negotiations
January 18, 2001 -- USTR press release

U.S. Presents Comprehensive Sectoral Proposals in WTO Services Negotiations
December 14, 2000 -- USTR press release

WTO Services -- U.S. Negotiating Proposals
December 14, 2000 -- USTR fact sheet

WTO Services -- U.S. Negotiating Proposals
December 14, 2000 -- Submission from the United States


Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

U.S. Optimistic on Launch of New Global Trade Talks
November 13, 2001 -- Background Briefing in Doha

USTR on Trade-Related Intellectual Property
November 12, 2001 -- Background Briefing in Doha

USTR Issues Background Paper on IPR and Health
November 10, 2001 -- USTR Press Release


WTO Rules (dumping, subsidies)

Democrats Frustrated at Negotiations on U.S. Antidumping Law
February 6, 2001

Senator Max Baucus, Democratic Finance Committee Chairman, on WTO Negotiations
February 6, 2001 -- Excerpt from Opening Statement at Hearing

Senator Chuck Grassley on WTO Negotiations
February 6, 2001 -- Excerpt from Statement at Senate Finance Committee Hearing


Trade Disputes

• Steel Safeguard Case

USTR Zoellick Defends Bush Steel Tariffs Decision
March 12, 2002 -- Op-ed article in London's Financial Times

USTR's Deily Defends Bush Steel Tariffs Decision
March 11, 2002 -- USTR letter

USTR Zoellick in Brazil Defends Steel Tariffs Decision
March 11, 2002 -- USTR transcript

Text: Developing Countries With Products Not Excluded From Remedy
March 5, 2002 -- USTR press release

Transcript: USTR's Zoellick Says Steel Tariffs a Safeguard Step
March 5, 2002 -- White House briefing

Text: President Bush Imposes Safeguards on Steel Imports
March 5, 2002 -- White House press release

Text: White House Explains Steel Import Relief Decision
March 5, 2002 -- White House fact sheet

• FSC Case

USTR Testimony on WTO Ruling in FSC Case
February 27, 2002 -- USTR testimony before House committee

Treasury Department Testimony on WTO Ruling in FSC Case
February 27, 2002 -- Treasury Department testimony before House committee

U.S. Continues Challenge to EU's FSC Trade Sanctions Claim by Offering Alternative Amount
February 14, 2002 -- USTR press release

U.S. Continues Challenge to EU Sanctions Claim in WTO Dispute
February 14, 2002

• Other Cases

U.S. Requests WTO Panel to Rule on Mexican Telecom Restrictions
February 13, 2002 -- USTR press release

USTR on WTO Ruling Against Mexican Antidumping Decision
October 22, 2001 -- USTR Press Release

USTR on WTO Decision Supporting U.S. on Shrimp-Turtle Law
October 22, 2001 -- USTR Press Release

U.S. Wins Case Challenging Canadian Dairy Export Subsidies
July 11, 2001 -- USTR press release

USTR Announces Lifting of Sanctions in Dispute With EU Over Bananas
July 1, 2001 -- USTR press release



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