2008 Trade Policy Agenda and 2007 Annual Report The 2008 Trade Policy Agenda and 2007 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program are submitted to the Congress pursuant to Section 163 of the Trade Act of 1974 as amended 19 U S C 2213 Chapter II and Annex II of this document meet the requirements on the World Trade Organization in accordance with Sections 122 and 124 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act In addition the report also includes an annex listing trade agreements entered into by the United States since 1984 The Office of the United States Trade Representative USTR is responsible for the preparation of this report which was written by USTR staff The Office of the U S Trade Representative gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the Environmental Protection Agency the Departments of Agriculture Commerce Health and Human Services Justice Labor and State March 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS I The President s 2008 Trade Policy Agenda 1 II The World Trade Organization 1 A INTRODUCTION 1 B THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA UNDER THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE 1 1 Committee on Agriculture Special Session 4 2 Council for Trade in Services Special Session 5 3 Negotiating Group on Non Agricultural Market Access 7 4 Negotiating Group on Rules 9 5 Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation 14 6 Committee on Trade and Environment Special Session 17 7 Dispute Settlement Body Special Session 19 8 Council for Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Special Session 20 9 Committee on Trade and Development Special Session 22 C WORK PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED IN THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA 23 1 Working Group on Trade Debt and Finance 23 2 Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology 24 3 Work Program on Electronic Commerce 25 D GENERAL COUNCIL ACTIVITIES 26 E COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS 28 1 Committee on Agriculture 29 2 Committee on Market Access 30 3 Committee on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 32 4 Committee on Trade Related Investment Measures 34 5 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 36 6 Committee on Customs Valuation 39 7 Committee on Rules of Origin 41 8 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade 43 9 Committee on Antidumping Practices 46 10 Committee on Import Licensing 49 11 Committee on Safeguards 52 12 Working Party on State Trading Enterprises 53 F COUNCIL FOR TRADE RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 54 G COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES 58 1 Committee on Trade in Financial Services 60 2 Working Party on Domestic Regulation 60 3 Working Party on GATS Rules 61 4 Committee on Specific Commitments 62 H DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING 63 Table of Contents i I TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY 89 J OTHER GENERAL COUNCIL BODIES ACTIVITIES 91 1 Committee on Trade and Environment 91 2 Committee on Trade and Development 92 3 Committee on Balance of Payments Restrictions 94 4 Committee on Budget Finance and Administration 95 5 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements 96 6 Accessions to the World Trade Organization 98 7 Aid for Trade 102 K PLURILATERAL AGREEMENTS 103 1 Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft 103 2 Committee on Government Procurement 104 3 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products 105 III Bilateral and Regional Negotiations and Agreements 107 A FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS 107 1 Australia 107 2 Morocco 107 3 Chile 108 4 Singapore 109 5 Jordan 109 6 Israel 110 7 Central America and the Dominican Republic 110 8 Bahrain 112 9 Panama 112 10 United Arab Emirates 113 11 Oman 114 12 Thailand 114 13 Republic of Korea 114 14 Malaysia 115 15 Colombia 116 16 Peru 117 17 North American Free Trade Agreement 118 B REGIONAL INITIATIVES 120 1 Free Trade Area of the Americas FTAA 120 2 U S ASEAN Trade and Investment Framework Agreement TIFA 120 3 Middle East Free Trade Area MEFTA 121 4 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum 121 C THE AMERICAS 124 1 Canada 124 2 Mexico 126 3 Brazil and the Southern Cone 127 4 The Andean Community 129 5 Central America and the Caribbean 130 Table of Contents ii D EUROPE AND EURASIA 131 1 European Union 131 2 Other European Countries 136 3 Russia 137 4 Ukraine 140 5 Central Asia and the Caucasus 142 6 Turkey 143 E ASIA 144 1 Australia 144 2 New Zealand 144 3 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN 144 4 Republic of Korea 147 5 India 149 6 Pakistan 150 7 Afghanistan 151 8 People s Republic of China 151 9 Japan 158 10 Taiwan 165 11 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 167 12 Sri Lanka 169 13 Iraq 169 F AFRICA 169 1 African Growth and Opportunity Act 169 2 Africa and the WTO 171 3 COMESA 172 4 Ghana 172 5 Liberia 173 6 Mauritius 173 7 Mozambique 173 8 Nigeria 174 9 Rwanda 174 10 South Africa 175 11 Southern African Customs Union 176 12 West African Economic and Monetary Union UEMOA 176 IV Other Multilateral Activities 179 A TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 179 B TRADE AND LABOR 181 C ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT 187 D SEMICONDUCTOR AGREEMENT 196 E STEEL TRADE POLICY 196 Table of Contents iii F ANTI COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT 197 G IMPORT SAFETY 198 V Trade Enforcement Activities 201 A ENFORCING U S TRADE AGREEMENTS 201 1 Overview 201 2 WTO Dispute Settlement 202 3 Other Monitoring and Enforcement Activities 203 B U S TRADE LAWS 205 1 Section 301 205 2 Special 301 207 3 Section 1377 Review of Telecommunications Agreements 210 4 Antidumping Actions 211 5 Countervailing Duty Actions 212 6 Other Import Practices 212 7 Trade Adjustment Assistance 215 8 Generalized System of Preferences 217 VI Trade Policy Development 225 A TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING TCB 225 1 Millennium Challenge Corporation 226 2 The Integrated Framework 226 3 World Trade Organization Related U S TCB 227 4 TCB Initiatives for Africa 228 5 Free Trade Agreement FTA Negotiations 230 B CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS 231 C PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORY SYSTEM AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 232 1 The Advisory Committee System 232 2 State and Local Government Relations 235 3 Public and Private Sector Outreach 236 D POLICY COORDINATION 237 ANNEX I ANNEX II ANNEX III Table of Contents iv LIST OF FREQUENTLY USED ACRONYMS AD AGOA APEC ASEAN ATC ATPA ATPDEA BIA BIT BOP CACM CAFTA CARICOM CBERA CBI CFTA CITEL COMESA CTE CTG CVD DDA DSB EAI DSU EU EFTA FTAA FOIA GATT GATS GDP GEC GSP GPA IFI IPR ITA LDBDC MAI MEFTA MERCOSUL MERCOSUR MFA MFN Antidumping African Growth and Opportunity Act Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Association of Southeast Asian Nations Agreement on Textiles and
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