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Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee (TEPAC)

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

CHARTER OF THE TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT
POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Committee shall be designated as the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee.

The Committees objectives and the scope of its activity are as follows:

The Committee will provide the U.S. Trade Representative with policy advice on issues involving trade and the environment. It is anticipated that the U.S. Trade Representative will share the advice received with other relevant agencies interested in the subject matter.

The Committee shall at the conclusion of negotiations for each trade agreement referred to in Section 102 of the Act, provide to the President, to Congress, and to the U.S. Trade Representative a report on such agreement which shall include an advisory opinion on whether and to what extent the agreement promotes the interests of the United States.

Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee Members
Member NameOrganization
Anne AlonzoKraft Food
Dennis AveryHudson Institute
Manish BapnaWorld Resources Institute
Joseph G. BlockLLP
Kitty BlockThe Humane Society of the United States
Nancy Zucker BoswellTransparency International
William A. ButlerAudubon Naturalist Society
Dawn Kristoff-ChampneyWater & Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Assn.
Frank H. HabichtGlobal Environment & Technology Foundation
Thomas B. HardingAgrisystems International
Jennifer HaverkampEnvironmental Defense Fund
Rhoda KarpatkinConsumers Union
William P. KellyNational Foreign Trade Council
Daniel B. MagrawCenter for International Environmental Law
Naotaka MatsukataAlston & Bird, LLP
Brent J. McClendonInternational Wood and Paper Association
Frederick O'ReganInternational Fund for Animal Welfare
Peter RobinsonU.S. Council for International Business
James SalzmanDuke University
Jeffrey J. SchottInstitute for International Economics
Andrew F. SharplessOceana
John P. SmirnowSolar Energy Industries Association
Frances B. SmithCompetitive Enterprise Institute
William J. Snape, IIIEndangered Species Coalition
Alexander Van Bismarck
Environmental Investigation Agency, Inc.
Mark VachonGeneral Electric Company
Alexander F. WatsonHills & Company
Durwood ZaelkeThe Center for Governance and Sustainable Development