4.2: Trade and Investment
Provide critical support in negotiating and implementing trade agreements and resolving trade disputes. Other Information:
Increased trade and investment directly benefit American consumers, workers, and businesses. The rules-based trading system
has been a principal driver of global economic growth since the end of the Second World War. More than 60 years of post-war
history demonstrate that countries that remove barriers to trade succeed in raising growth and reducing poverty, while countries
that remain closed are left behind. We will provide critical support in negotiating and implementing trade agreements and
resolving trade disputes. We will also continue to negotiate civil aviation agreements, develop international communications
and information policies, and pursue bilateral investment treaties that open new markets, support job creation in the United
States, and provide important protections to U.S. investors. The United States continues to seek successful completion of
the WTO Doha Development Round of global trade negotiations. Our trade agenda is also focused on concluding and implementing
state-of-the-art free trade agreements (FTA) that open new markets for U.S. agriculture, goods, and services and extend strong
U.S. investment, transparency, and intellectual property protections abroad. We will continue to support programs linked to
our FTAs, including support for labor, environmental, and governance activities, needed to ensure a level playing field for
U.S. companies. We will ensure that trade capacity-building programs help developing countries participate in and benefit
fully from global, regional, and bilateral trade negotiations.
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