US Mission Geneva

This Report reflects the Administration’s resolve to encourage and maintain effective IPR protection and enforcement worldwide. It identifies a wide range of concerns, including troubling “indigenous innovation” policies that may unfairly disadvantage U.S. rights holders in China, the continuing challenges of copyright piracy over the Internet in countries such as Canada, Italy and Russia, and the ongoing, systemic IPR enforcement issues presented in many trading partners around the world.

The U.S. supports Saudi Arabia’s goal of becoming a regional leader in renewable energy and energy efficiency and is encouraging U.S. companies to explore the “tremendous opportunities” for investment in the country

The Asia Pacific region is a key destination for U.S. manufactured goods, agricultural products, and services.

Achieving a shared vision of economic prosperity in nations of the Middle East and North Africa was the focus of a meeting in Amman, Jordan, that included representatives of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and the United States.

The U.S. the EU announced an agreement on Shared Principles for International Investment, which reaffirms our commitment to open, transparent, and non-discriminatory international investment policies

Ambassador Ron Kirk, U. S.Trade Representative; the Honorable Edward Fast, Canada’s Minister of International Trade; and Bruno Ferrari, Mexico’s Secretary of the Economy, are pleased to release the following Joint Statement.

Sri Lanka is currently the 80th largest goods trading partner of the United States with $2.4 billion in two-way goods trade in 2011.

U.S. participation in the WTO seminar is premised on the importance of trade liberalization and recognition that persistently misaligned exchange rates and competitive devaluations undercut an open trading system.

Ambassador Punke: “Solid partnership between the United States and the European Union is essential to finding viable paths forward for the WTO.”