World Trade Organization

THE U.S. ALLIANCE FOR TRADE EXPANSION The U.S. Alliance for Trade Expansion, representing $2 trillion in annual trade and over 150 million American consumers, farmers, and workers, seeks to promote economic growth, job expansion, and higher living standards in the United States by rules-based multilateral trade liberalization through the World Trade Organization (WTO). CORE PRINCIPLES 1. TRADE EXPANSION IS IN THE INTEREST OF ALL AMERICANS. o Open trade allows Americans to enjoy the best goods and …

…the Ministerial should launch a new multilateral trade negotiation that expands freedom for consumers and creates new opportunities for businesses, farmers, and workers, while preserving the health and safety of people and the environment. o We also advocate the formation of a new trade framework, in which consumers and business can deal with each other free of tariffs and non-tariff barriers, and of unjustified regulations, paperwork, or procedures which interfere with their freedom to choose.