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 2008TABLE 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 | iI. 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
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