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US Tackles Localization Barriers

The just-released 2014 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program outlines U.S. Government efforts to address so-called “localization barriers to trade” imposed by America’s trading partners. According to the

14 WTO Members Launch Environmental Goods Initiative

For update, see:  Launch of Environmental Goods Agreement Negotiations A new initiative aimed at free trade in environmental goods will be developed as a plurilateral agreement among  “like-minded” WTO Members. On January 24, 2014, the United States and