US Mission Geneva

Noting that President Obama and the other TPP Leaders instructed them to conclude the negotiations as swiftly as possible, the negotiators pressed ahead in the 24 negotiating groups. The teams advanced their work to develop the legal texts in each area that will detail the rights and obligations each country will assume, covering the full scope of commercial and trade-related issues between the countries.

Washington – U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma today signed a “Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment”. This agreement strengthens bilateral cooperation and seeks to build on recent rapid growth in U.S.-India trade, which has more than doubled over the past five years.

Mr. Chairman, the United States proposes that the agenda be adopted without item 5, which refers to the EU’s request for authorization to suspend concessions or other obligations in DS294.

The United States warmly welcomes the delegation of El Salvador, led by Vice Minister of Economy Doctor Mario Roger Hernández and including Ambassador Francisco Lima Mena, to the third Trade Policy Review of El Salvador. We would first like to recognize the excellent work of the Secretariat and the Government of El Salvador in compiling the reports before us.

The United States is pleased to greet the delegation of Malaysia and Secretary General Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Mamat of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, who is leading the delegation. We also welcome Ambassador Harun and Senior Director Jayasiri of MITI’s Multilateral Division. We appreciate the reports that were prepared for this TPR, both by the government of Malaysia and by the Secretariat. We are also grateful to Ambassador Sun of China for his thoughtful contribution as our discussant this morning.

UNITED STATES – SECTION 211 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1998: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS FROM JAPAN – SECTION 110(5) OF THE US COPYRIGHT ACT: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES -EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – MEASURES AFFECTING THE APPROVAL AND MARKETING OF BIOTECH PRODUCTS – MEASURES RELATING TO ZEROING AND SUNSET REVIEWS

SECTION 211 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1998: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES – UNITED STATES ANTI DUMPING MEASURES ON CERTAIN HOT ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS FROM JAPAN – UNITED STATES SECTION 110(5) OF THE US COPYRIGHT ACT – EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES MEASURES AFFECTING THE APPROVAL AND MARKETING OF BIOTECH PRODUCTS – EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES REGIME FOR THE IMPORTATION, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BANANAS – UNITED STATES LAWS, REGULATIONS AND METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING DUMPING MARGINS (“ZEROING”) – UNITED STATES MEASURES RELATING TO ZEROING AND SUNSET REVIEWS…

A. UNITED STATES – SECTION 211 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1998: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS176/11/ADD.84)
• Mr. Chairman, the United States provided a status report in this dispute on November 6, 2009, in accordance with Article 21.6 of the DSU.

The United States welcomes Secretrary General Soumana and Minister Niang and their respective delegations to this, Niger’s and Senegal’s, second joint WTO Trade Policy Review. We appreciate the Secretariat’s thorough examination of both governments’ trade policy regimes. We also appreciate the detailed reports submitted by the governments of Niger and Senegal. We have developed some questions based on those reports, and we look forward to considering closely your governments’ responses.