(H) to ensure that enforceable labor and 
environment obligations are subject to the same 
dispute settlement and remedies as other en-
forceable obligations under the agreement; and 
(I) to ensure that a trade agreement is not 
construed to empower a party’s authorities to 
undertake labor or environmental law enforce-
ment activities in the territory of the United 
States. 
(11) CURRENCY.—The principal negotiating ob-
jective of the United States with respect to currency 
practices is that parties to a trade agreement with 
the United States avoid manipulating exchange rates 
in order to prevent effective balance of payments ad-
justment or to gain an unfair competitive advantage 
over other parties to the agreement, such as through 
cooperative mechanisms, enforceable rules, reporting, 
monitoring, transparency, or other means, as appro-
priate. 
(12) WTO AND MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREE-
MENTS.—Recognizing that the World Trade Organi-
zation is the foundation of the global trading system, 
the principal negotiating objectives of the United 
States regarding the World Trade Organization, the 
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Uruguay Round Agreements, and other multilateral 
and plurilateral trade agreements are— 
(A) to achieve full implementation and ex-
tend the coverage of the World Trade Organiza-
tion and multilateral and plurilateral agree-
ments to products, sectors, and conditions of 
trade not adequately covered; 
(B) to expand country participation in and 
enhancement of the Information Technology 
Agreement, 
the 
Government 
Procurement 
Agreement, and other plurilateral trade agree-
ments of the World Trade Organization; 
(C) to expand competitive market opportu-
nities for United States exports and to obtain 
fairer and more open conditions of trade, in-
cluding through utilization of global value 
chains, through the negotiation of new WTO 
multilateral and plurilateral trade agreements, 
such as an agreement on trade facilitation; 
(D) to ensure that regional trade agree-
ments to which the United States is not a party 
fully achieve the high standards of, and comply 
with, WTO disciplines, including Article XXIV 
of GATT 1994, Article V and V bis of the Gen-
eral Agreement on Trade in Services, and the 
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Enabling Clause, including through meaningful 
WTO review of such regional trade agreements; 
(E) to enhance compliance by WTO mem-
bers with their obligations as WTO members 
through active participation in the bodies of the 
World Trade Organization by the United States 
and all other WTO members, including in the 
trade policy review mechanism and the com-
mittee system of the World Trade Organization, 
and by working to increase the effectiveness of 
such bodies; and 
(F) to encourage greater cooperation be-
tween the World Trade Organization and other 
international organizations. 
(13) TRADE
INSTITUTION
TRANSPARENCY.— 
The principal negotiating objective of the United 
States with respect to transparency is to obtain 
wider and broader application of the principle of 
transparency in the World Trade Organization, enti-
ties established under bilateral and regional trade 
agreements, and other international trade fora 
through seeking— 
(A) timely public access to information re-
garding trade issues and the activities of such 
institutions; 
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