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, entities 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; 
(B) openness by ensuring public access to 
appropriate meetings, proceedings, and submis-
sions, including with regard to trade and invest-
ment dispute settlement; and 
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(C) public access to all notifications and 
supporting documentation submitted by WTO 
members. 
(14) ANTI-CORRUPTION.—The principal negoti-
ating objectives of the United States with respect to 
the use of money or other things of value to influence 
acts, decisions, or omissions of foreign governments or 
officials or to secure any improper advantage in a 
manner affecting trade are— 
(A) to obtain high standards and effective 
domestic enforcement mechanisms applicable to 
persons from all countries participating in the 
applicable trade agreement that prohibit such at-
tempts to influence acts, decisions, or omissions 
of foreign governments or officials or to secure 
any such improper advantage; 
(B) to ensure that such standards level the 
playing field for United States persons in inter-
national trade and investment; and 
(C) to seek commitments to work jointly to 
encourage and support anti-corruption and anti- 
bribery initiatives in international trade fora, 
including through the Convention on Combating 
Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in Inter-
national Business Transactions of the Organiza-
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tion for Economic Cooperation and Development, 
done at Paris December 17, 1997 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘OECD Anti-Bribery Conven-
tion’’). 
(15) DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT
AND
ENFORCE-
MENT.—The principal negotiating objectives of the 
United States with respect to dispute settlement and 
enforcement of trade agreements are— 
(A) to seek provisions in trade agreements 
providing for resolution of disputes between gov-
ernments under those trade agreements in an ef-
fective, timely, transparent, equitable, and rea-
soned manner, requiring determinations based 
on facts and the principles of the agreements, 
with the goal of increasing compliance with the 
agreements; 
(B) to seek to strengthen the capacity of the 
Trade Policy Review Mechanism of the World 
Trade Organization to review compliance with 
commitments; 
(C) to seek adherence by panels convened 
under the Dispute Settlement Understanding 
and by the Appellate Body to— 
(i) the mandate of those panels and the 
Appellate Body to apply the WTO Agree-
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