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Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee (TEPAC)
CHARTER OF THE TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT
POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Committee shall be designated as the ATrade 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.
| Member Name | Organization |
|---|---|
| Anne Alonzo | Kraft Food |
| Dennis Avery | Hudson Institute |
| Joseph G. Block | Venable LLP |
| Nancy Zucker Boswell | Transparency International |
| William A. Butler | Audubon Naturalist Society |
| Patricia Forkan | Humane Society International |
| Frank H. Habicht | Global Environment & Technology Foundation |
| Thomas B. Harding | Agrisystems International |
| Jennifer Haverkamp | |
| Rhoda Karpatkin | Consumers Union |
| Dawn Kristoff-Champney | Water & Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Assn. |
| Daniel B. Magraw | Center for International Environmental Law |
| Naotaka Matsukata | Alston & Bird, LLP |
| Frederick O'Regan | International Fund for Animal Welfare |
| Peter Robinson | U.S. Council for International Business |
| Gary Satterfield | Water Equipment Technology Association |
| Jeffrey J. Schott | Institute for International Economics |
| Andrew F. Sharpless | Oceana |
| Frances B. Smith | Competitive Enterprise Institute |
| William J. Snape, III | Endangered Species Coalition |
| David van Hoogstraten | Hunton and Williams |
| Alexander F. Watson | Hills & Company |
| Durwood Zaelke | The Center for Governance and Sustainable Development |