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Utah

Utah International Trade Commission: Members of the commission are briefed on issues ranging from developments in TAA policy and the passage of new FTAs to WTO committments that could affect Utah state law.

Related Materials

• 2009 General Session draft legislation: Resolution Urging the Withdrawal of United States World Trade Organization Committment on Gambling
• "Utah on Gambling: Deal Us Out," The Salt Lake Tribune (12/27/08)

   Hot issues

Fast Track

• Senate Joint Resolution 9 - Calling for Revision of Fast Track

Procurement:   Utah 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)
• U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement 
• Peru- and Colombia-U.S. Free Trade Agreements

Correspondence

• USTR Portman letter to Gov. Huntsman thanking him for signing on to the government procurement rules in the U.S. - Panama FTA and AFTA (05/13/05).
• Gov. Huntsman's letter to USTR Zoellick signing on to the government procurement rules in the U.S. - Panama FTA and AFTA (02/07/05).
• USTR Zoellick letter to Gov. Huntsman requesting that Utah sign on to the government procurement rules in the U.S. - Panama FTA and the Andean Free Trade Agreement (01/27/05).
• Gov. Leavitt's letter to USTR Zoellick signing on to the government procurement rules in CAFTA (10/06/03).
• Gov. Leavitt's letter to USTR Kantor signing on to the WTO's Agreement on Government Procurement (AGP) (12/23/93).

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)

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