California

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Fast Track:

• California Democratic Party Resolution Calling for Fast Track Replacement
• San Francisco City Resolution on Fast Track Replacement

Procurement:  California 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 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

Correspondence

• Letter from Gov. Schwarzenegger to USTR Zoellick signing onto the procurement provisions in the U.S.-Australia FTA (5/6/04)
• Letter from 21 California Legislators to Gov. Schwarzenegger concerning California's signing on to the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (5/28/04)
• Letter from Sen. Figueroa to Gov. Schwarzenegger concerning CAFTA (3/10/04)

In the news

• "State laws take back seat to trade," The Los Angeles Times (12/5/04)

Services:

Correspondence

• Letter from California Legislators to USTR Padilla concerning GATS (5/25/05)
• 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)

Investment:

In the news

• "California sacred lands law triggers $50 million NAFTA claim," Associated Press (Reprinted in The Bakersfield Californian) (02/22/05)