This page provides NEMA statements or testimony on international trade policy and commercial market access issues involving NEMA member products on federal and international levels.

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Global

• 2009 NEMA Trade Priorities (56k) - January 2009
  This document presents NEMA’s trade priorities for the Obama Administration and the first session of the 111th Congress. 
  
• NEMA Submission to 2009 USTR Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (67k) - November 2008
  
• NEMA Comments on Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (261k) - March 2008
  
• NEMA Statement to House Small Business Committee Hearing on Free Trade Agreements (47k) - November 2007
  
• Issue Brief: Renewal of Trade Promotion Authority (122k) - February 2007
  This document contains NEMA's position on the need for Congress to pass Trade Promotion Authority.
  
• Issue Brief: Secure, Safe, and Timely Product Transportation and Delivery (109k) - April 2007
  This document contains NEMA's position on timely product transportation and delivery.
  
• NEMA Submission to U.S. OSHA on Conformity Assessment (61k) - January 2006
  
• NEMA Statement to House Science Hearing on Standards (149k) - April 2005
  NEMA submitted these remarks for the House Science Committee's April 27, 2005 hearing on standards issues.
  

• NEMA Comments on WTO Doha Round Negotiations (331k) - January 2005
  NEMA provided these comments to USTR on its priorities for the ongoing World Trade Organization negotiations.

• NEMA Comments on WTO Government Procurement Market Access Negotiations (81k) - October 2004
  NEMA provided these comments to USTR on negotiations to open up government procurement markets.

• NEMA Statement to House Panel on Bush Administration Steel Policy (30k) - April 2003
  NEMA submitted these comments for the record of a House Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee Hearing on the impact on U.S. industries of tariffs on imported steel products.

• NEMA Testimony to Bush Administration TPSC on WTO Doha Agenda Negotiations (41k) - October 2003
  This testimony on NEMA priorities for the WTO Doha Agenda negotiations was presented to the Bush Administration at an Oct. 21, 2002 hearing. 

• NEMA Comments on Scope of USTR Environmental Review of Doha Round (150k) - June 2002
  NEMA submitted these comments to USTR on the scope of its environmental review of the WTO Doha Agenda negotiations.

• NEMA Testifies on Benefits of Eliminating Foreign Tariffs (333k) - May 2002
  NEMA's Trade Task Force Chairman testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission on the benefits of "zero-for-zero" tariff elimination agreements on NEMA member products.

 Africa & Middle East

• NEMA Comments on Priorities for a U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (196k) - January 2005
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on its goals for negotiations toward an FTA between the U.S. and Oman.

• NEMA Comments on Priorities for a U.S.-United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement (63k) - January 2005
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on its goals for negotiations toward an FTA between the U.S. and the UAE.

• NEMA Comments on Priorities for a U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (280k) - September 2003
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on its goals for negotiations toward an FTA between the U.S. and Bahrain.

• NEMA Priorities for a U.S. Free Trade Agreement with Southern Africa (55k) - December 2002
  NEMA comments on its priorities for U.S. negotiations toward an FTA with South Africa and its four SACU neighbors. 

• NEMA Comments on Priorities for U.S. FTA with Morocco (55k) - November 2002
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on key issues for the electroindustry in the negotiation of a Free Trade Agreement with Morocco.

 Asia & Pacific

• NEMA Comments on U.S. Proposal to Negotiate Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (130k) - March 2009

• NEMA Statement to U.S. International Trade Commission on Impact of U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (219k)  - June 2007

• Issue Brief: U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (“KORUS FTA”) (113k) - April 2007
  This document contains NEMA's position on the need for the United States and South Korea to ratify the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement as soon as possible.

• NEMA Comments on China's WTO Compliance (35k) - July 2006 
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative with regards to USTR's Annual WTO Transitional Review Mechanism.

• NEMA Comments on Priorities for a U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (162k) - April 2006
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and testified at a May 3 hearing on goals for the U.S.-Malaysia negotiations toward an FTA

• NEMA Comments on Priorities for a U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (161k) - March 2006
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTS) on its goals for negotiations toward an FTA between the U.S. and South Korea.

• NEMA Comments on Priorities for a U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (335k) - April 2004
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on its goals for negotiations toward an FTA between the U.S. and Thailand.

• NEMA Comments on Priorities for a U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (55k) - December 2002
  NEMA submitted these comments to Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on its goals for negotiations toward an FTA between the U.S. and Australia.

 China

• NEMA Comments to USTR on China WTO Compliance (43k)
  NEMA provided these September 2008 comments on China's adherence to its accession commitments for the World Trade Organization

• NEMA Comments to USTR on China IPR Protection and Enforcement (140k)
  NEMA provided these April 30, 2007 comments on the U.S. government's World Trade Organization dispute settlement case against China

• NEMA Statement to House Trade Hearing on China (135k)
  NEMA submitted these comments for the record of the House Ways & Means Committee's April 14, 2005 Hearing.

• NEMA Statement to U.S. Embassy Beijing Roundtable on IPR and Counterfeiting (144k)
  NEMA presented these comments to Ambassador Randt's November 18, 2003 roundtable on intellectual property protection and counterfeiting products in Beijing, China.

• NEMA President Testifies Before House Trade Committee on China (142k) - October 2003
  NEMA President Malcolm O'Hagan's appeared before the House Ways & Means Committee on Oct. 31, 2003 and submitted this prepared statement for the hearing on U.S.-China economic and trade relations. 

• NEMA Comments on China's WTO Compliance (229k) - September 2003
  NEMA submitted these comments to a U.S. Trade Policy Staff Committee inquiry on China's compliance with its commitments under World Trade Organization agreements.

 Europe & Eurasia

• Summary of EU Regulatory Initiatives with Impact for NEMA Members (70k) - February 2008
  This working document briefly summarizes key details of and provides links to more information on European Union environmental, health and safety regulatory initiatives of importance for NEMA members' access to the European market.

• NEMA Comments to EU Commission on Metric-Only Labeling Directive (163k) - February 2007

• NEMA Letter to U.S. Trade Representative Schwab on U.S-EU Summit (537k) - June 2006

• NEMA Letter to U.S. Trade Representative Portman on EU Metric-Only Labeling Directive (61k) - May 2006

• NEMA Letter to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez on EU Metric-Only Labeling Directive (62k) - May 2006

• Gaddis-Mandelson Correspondence on EU REACH Chemicals Proposal (548k) - April 2006

• NEMA Submission on "Enhancing the Transatlantic Economic Partnership" (80k) - October 2004
  NEMA provided these comments to USTR on U.S.-European Union trade relations.

• NEMA Criticizes Proposed EU Chemicals Regulation in Joint Comments (428k) - July 2003
  NEMA joined with counterpart associations to file these comments on the European Union's flawed regulatory scheme for chemicals.

 Latin America

• NEMA Comments on U.S. Proposal to Negotiate Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (130k) - March 2009

• NEMA Statement to Senate Finance Committee Calling for Passage of U.S-Peru Free Trade Agreement (38k) - September 2007

• NEMA Calls for Congressional Passage of DR-CAFTA (33k) - March 2005
  NEMA's "one-pager" calling for ratification of the U.S. Free Trade Agreement with the Dominican Republic and Central America

• NEMA Comments on Priorities for U.S.-Panama Free Trade Negotiations (372k) - March 2004
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on its goals for negotiations on FTA between the U.S. and the Panama.

• NEMA Comments on Priorities for U.S.-Andean Free Trade Negotiations (378k) - March 2004
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on its goals for negotiations on FTA between the U.S. and Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.

• NEMA Position Paper for 2003 Americas Business Forum (146k) - October 2003
  NEMA contributed this statement on its priorities for the Free Trade Area of the Americas to the November 2003 ABF meeting in Miami.

• NEMA Welcomes Negotiations on a U.S.-Dominican Republic FTA, Comments on Priorities (281k) - September 2003
  NEMA submitted these comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on its goals for negotiations toward an FTA between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic. 

• NEMA Welcomes Chile and Singapore FTAs in Statement to House Trade Panel (242k) - June 2003
  NEMA provided this statement to the June 11 hearing of the House Ways & Means Committee's Subcommittee on Trade.

• NEMA Testimony on Market Access Priorities for the FTAA (466k) - September 2002
  NEMA presented this statement on the Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations to a September 9 TPSC hearing.