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California Senate Letter on Trade and Pharmaceuticals
California Legislature GATS Letter
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California and NAFTA Cases: Methanex and Glamis
California and GATS: Analysis of Possible Threats
Colorado
Connecticut
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District of Colombia
Florida
Georgia
Hawai'i
H.B. No. 2199 - A Bill for an Act Relating to International Trade Agreements
Idaho
How do international trade agreements impact Idaho's energy and electricity sector?
State Senate Committee on GATS
GATS and State-Level Regulatory Powers
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
How does the World Trade Organization impact the domestic aerospace industry?
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Letter from ME Governor Baldacci to DHHS Secretary Sebelius
Maine Citizens Trade Policy Commission Letter to House Ways and Means Committee
Trade Pacts May Undermine State Laws
Chinese Trade Practices and Maine Paper Mills
Letter on GATS and Federal/State Consultation
Letter Notifying USTR that Maine Does Not Consent to Procurement in FTAs
How has trade impacted labor and water resources?
Letter on GATS' Conflict with State Laws Banning Certain Activities
Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commission Letter on GATS
Maryland
Examples of Trade and Federalism Conflicts: Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
Massachusetts
Rushing Proposes Legislation to Investigate the Impact of Trade Agreement on Massachusetts State Law and Policies
Proposals to Establish a State Oversight Committee on Trade
The Massachusetts-Burma Law Case and WTO Rules
How does the WTO agreement on government procurement impact human rights criteria for state purchasing decisions?
The Boston Tea Party Revisited: Massachusetts Boycotts Burma
Michigan
Letter from Gov. Granholm to US Trade Representative
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
How does trade impact manufacturing employment in New Hampshire?
Panel probes impact of trade deals on New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Memo from Empire State Development Corporation to U.S. Department of Commerce
New York
North Carolina
Helping Dislocated Workers, Business and Communities
How does trade affect North Carolina's manufacturer's and courts?
North Dakota
Ohio
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Oregon
Pennsylvania
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South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Letter from Utah State Rep. Sheryl Allen to the US House Ways and Means Committee
Vermont
Vermont Commission on International Trade and State Sovereignty Submits Comments to USTR for the 2010 Special 301 Report
Examples of Trade and Federalism Conflicts: Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

Vermont Commission on International Trade and State Sovereignty Letter to the US House Ways and Means Committee
Vermont Joint House Resolution 65
Trade impacts Vermont's agriculture sector
Virginia
Washington
Gov. Gregoire letter to US Trade Representative
How does the World Trade Organization impact the domestic aerospace industry?
Gov. Gregoire Letter to USTR on Pharmaceuticals
State House of Representatives Letter on Constitutional Federalism
Washington Legislators on the US-Australia FTA
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Other States
Memo from Empire State Development Corporation to U.S. Department of Commerce
New York Attorney General on NAFTA
BASICS OF TRADE
Writing Rules for the Global Economy
WTO Decisions and Their Effect in U.S. Law
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Key cases that have shaped the world trade system
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Ron Kirk Nominated to be USTR
President Bush Nominates Susan Schwab to Replace Rob Portman as U.S. Trade Representative
The Inter-Governmental Policy Advisory Committee (IGPAC)
IGPAC's 2005 comments on U.S. GATS offer
IGPAC Recommendations for Improving State-Federal Consultation
IGPAC Report on the WTO Uruguay Round
IGPAC Report on the Colombia-US Free Trade Agreement
IGPAC Report on the Peru-US Free Trade Agreement
IGPAC Report on the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement
US trade policy today
Congress Approves CAFTA
US Trade Policy's Three-Lane Highway
Congress and the White House
"A New Trade Policy for America"
Bipartisan Agreement on Trade Policy
Presidential candidates on trade
The strategic geography of trade
The special case of investment
International investment rules
Minimum Standard of Treatment
Expropriation
Critical NAFTA investment cases
NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Disputes
Detailed Analysis of Methanex v. United States
General Information on Methanex v. United States
Metalclad v. Mexico
TRADE TOPICS
Services
Washington Governor Gregoire Letter to USTR
Forum Analysis
Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations
Plain Language Guide to GATS Negotiations on Domestic Regulation
Cities, Wireless Telecommunications, and the GATS
Tracking the GATS Negotiations
Structure and Function of the GATS
GATS Case Studies: Energy and Health Care
Transparency in Domestic Regulation
Domestic regulation
What was in the US GATS offer of 2005?
What about service chapters in US FTAs?
Public Leadership
Vermont Commission on International Trade and State Sovereignty Letter to USTR
USTR letter to IGPAC
Letter from Three Governors on GATS
US Trade Representative Letter to Iowa on GATS
Iowa's Governor Requests Exclusion from GATT
Letter from Gov. Kulongoski to the US Trade Representative
Attorneys General on GATS
State Senate Committee on GATS
NCSL Letter to USTR
Trade and Federalism
National Association of State Legislators Resolution Affirming and Strengthening President Obama's Recent Order On Safeguarding Federalism In Trade Policy
Maine Citizens Trade Policy Commission Letter to House Ways and Means Committee
Examples of Trade and Federalism Conflicts: Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

Letter from Utah State Rep. Sheryl Allen to the US House Ways and Means Committee
Vermont Commission on International Trade and State Sovereignty Letter to the US House Ways and Means Committee
China Alleges that a Maryland Bill to Protect Children from Lead Poisoning Could Violate WTO Rules
State/Federal Consultation: Toward a New International Trade and Investment Policy That Protects Local Democracy
Taking Aim at Federalism
Washington State Resolution
Prescription Drugs
GATS and Procurement of Pharmaceuticals
Reimportation
Preferred Drug Lists Versus Free Trade Agreements and Bilateral Trade Pressures
Legislative: Trade & Prescription Drugs
Prescription drug chapters in Free Trade Agreements
NLARx Working Group on Trade Warns Federal Trade Policies Threaten State-Level Drug Price Negotiations
Congressional letter to USTR on FTAs and Access to Medicines
Drug companies litigate against state preferred drug lists
Prescription Drugs and the US-Australia FTA
US-Korea text and the carve-out for state Medicaid programs
Could GATS impact state PDLs?
Defining 'innovation' in trade agreements
Special 301 Report
Formal Submissions and Testimony to USTR for the 2010 Special 301 Report
Letter from VT Governor Douglas to DHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Letter from ME Governor Baldacci to DHHS Secretary Sebelius
Trade & Pharmaceutical Policy Update: USTR Continuing to Use Trade Policy to Restrict Drug Pricing Regulations
Reimportation of prescription drugs
Congressional Research Service Report on Reimportation
S.242 The Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007
Drug Reimportation: The Free Market Solution
Public Leadership
Legislative Working Group on Prescription Drugs' Letter to USTR
California State Senators Figueroa and Kuhl Letter to USTR
Procurement
States listed in the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Government Procurement(GPA)
Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act
Controversies in state coverage
The Massachusetts-Burma Law Dispute
Public Citizen--work on state procurement
Innovations in state procurement
Public Leadership
Apparel purchases and labor rights
Local food purchasing preferences
Trade Adjustment Assistance
New TAA Programs Come into Effect Today
Displaced workers in the global economy
Helping Dislocated Workers, Business and Communities
OECD Labor Market Study
The existing TAA program
The debate in Congress on TAA reauthorization
Political Standoff: TAA and Colombia
Public Leadership
NCSL letter to Ways & Means Chairman Rangel re: TAA
Investment
Tribunal decision on damages
International Investor Rights
Foreign investor rights
Investment texts from NAFTA to US-Peru
NAFTA Chapter 11
Minimum Standard of Treatment
Expropriation
The Chile-Singapore Model
The US-Australia Free Trade Agreement
The Andean Agreements
The Glamis case
Implementing 'no greater rights'
Methanex Corporation v. United States of America
Concern for Federalism: National Associations Communicate with USTR
US Conference of Mayors Resolution
Next steps in Congress: building on 'no greater rights' to protect states and cities
Codifying the 'Methanex' decision to protect states, cities, and counties
Current international controversies
Public Leadership
Conference of Chief Justices Resolution 26
Concern for Federalism: National Associations Communicate with USTR
US Conference of Mayors Resolution
National Association of Towns and Townships on NAFTA
Energy
Energy
Energy sectors impacted by trade
Electricity
Transportation fuels
Climate change and the states
Rules & agreements affecting energy policy
Tariffs and Subsidies
Trade in goods
Procurement
GATS commitments
Domestic Regulation
Investment
International standards for biofuels
Gambling
Utahn On Gambling: Count Us Out
The WTO Gambling Decision:
Why a GATS case on gambling?
The US-Antigua Gambling Decision
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives analysis of US-Antigua
United States withdraws its commitment
Guide to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
Status of the case
A new challenge from EU gambling interests?
Debate in Congress
Public Leadership
NCSL committee letter on gambling
Water
Water as a product
Investment disputes involving water
Water services
Public Leadership
Cities, Water and the GATS
Taxation and Subsidies
The On-Going Drama of WTO Cases against Airbus and Boeing
More about the WTO Boeing-Airbus Case
WTO Decision Expected Any Day on EU Challenge to Alleged State and Local Subsidies for Boeing
STATES & REGIONS
Regional Cooperation
US-Canada Trade and Economic Relationship: Prospects and Challenges
Pacific Northwest
New England and Eastern Canada
New England lawmakers call for a greater voice in federal trade policy
SPP and NAFTA integration
MERCOSUR
WORKING GROUPS
Services
Prescription Drugs
Legislative Working Group on Prescription Drugs' Letter to USTR
California State Senators Figueroa and Kuhl Letter to USTR
Water
Cities, Water and the GATS
Climate & Energy
National Conference of State Legislators on GATS
PUBLIC LEADERSHIP
IGPAC
Recommendations for Improving Federal-State Trade Policy Coordination
Report on the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Recommendations and Comments on the US Submission for the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) Negotiations
Report on the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Report on the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement
Governors
Washington Governor Gregoire Letter to USTR
Letter from Three Governors on GATS
Iowa's Governor Requests Exclusion from GATT
Letter from Gov. Kulongoski to the US Trade Representative
Attorneys General
Attorneys General on GATS
Cities and Counties
Cities, Water and the GATS
US Conference of Mayors Resolution
State Oversight Commissions
National Associations
The Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference Proposed Resolution relating to International Trade and State Governments
National Association of State Legislators Resolution Affirming and Strengthening President Obama's Recent Order On Safeguarding Federalism In Trade Policy
Conference of Chief Justices Resolution 26
Concern for Federalism: National Associations Communicate with USTR
National Association of Towns and Townships on NAFTA
NEWS
Communications on State-Federal Consultation on Trade Policy
The Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference Proposed Resolution relating to International Trade and State Governments
States Take Action: Recent Letters and Resolutions
Trade Negotiations
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Should New Zealand Dairy Trade Be Excluded?
Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations
USTR Says It Will Limit WTO Notification
WTO push to finish Doha
U.S.-Chilean Officials Plan Meeting to Discuss Environmental Provisions of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement
Congress and Trade Policy
Rep. Michael Michaud Introduces New TRADE Act
Domestic Courts and Federalism
Trade and Investment Disputes
Phillip Morris Brings International Investment Suit Against Uruguay over Tobacco Regulations
Local Economic Innovation
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