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Vermont

Vermont Commission on International Trade and State Sovereignty: 
First convened in 2006, the commission has reviewed the impact of trade on Vermont's agriculture, health care, environment and more.

Related materials

• 2008 NCSL Resolution sponsored by Commission Co-Chair, Sen. Lyons: China’s Challenge to State Law-Making Authority

   Hot issues

Fast Track

• House Resolution 26 - Urging Congress to reject the extension of fast track

Procurement:   Vermont governors have committed the state to be bound to the following trade agreements’ restrictive government procurement provisions:

• World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (for a list of the 38 countries party to the WTO AGP, click here)
• U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
• U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement 
• U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement
• U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement 
• Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)

Correspondence

• Letter from Sen. Welch to Secretary of Administration Smith concerning CAFTA(3/26/04).
• Gov. Douglas's letter to USTR Zoellick signing onto CAFTA's restrictive procurement rules (10/30/03).

In the news

• "Douglas Wants Time on Outsourcing" Rutland Herald (4/7/04).
• "Dems want state out of trade deal," Times Argus (6/2/05).

Services

Correspondence

• Letter from 29 State Attorneys General to USTR Portman expressing concerns over the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) (5/31/05)
• Letter from the National Association of Attorneys General to USTR Zoellick on GATS (7/2/03)

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