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

• NEMA Comments to U.S. International Trade Officials on Standards-Related Market Barriers (192k) - October 4, 2011

• NEMA Comments to U.S. International Trade Officials on Tariff and Regulatory Barriers in Foreign Markets (179k)  October 4, 2011

• Private-Sector Clean Energy Exports Principles (199k) - July 2011
  
• 2011 NEMA Trade Priorities (156k) - January 2011
  This document presents NEMA’s trade priorities for the Obama Administration and the first session of the 112th Congress. 
  
• NEMA Submission for 2011 USTR Report on Foreign Non-Tariff Trade Barriers (121k) - October 2010
  
• NEMA Submission for 2011 USTR Report on Foreign Tariff and Other Barriers ( 99k) - October 2010
  
• 2010 NEMA Trade Priorities (58k) - January 2010
  
• NEMA Submission to 2010 USTR Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (98k) - November 2009
  
• 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
  

• 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.

 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. 

 Asia & Pacific

• NEMA Comments on Japan's Interest in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiations - January 2012

• NEMA Comments on Canada's Interest in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiations - January 2012

• NEMA Comments on Mexico's Interest in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiations - January 2012

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

 China

• NEMA Comments to USTR on China WTO Compliance  (74k) - September 2010
  NEMA provided these 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

 Europe & Eurasia

• NEMA Comments on USTR on U.S.-EU Working Group on Jobs and Growth - February 2012
  
• NEMA Comments to EU Commission on Metric-Only Labeling Directive (163k) - February 2007
  
  

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 Latin America

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