The Office of Industry’s Market Access section develops and coordinates U.S. trade policy on industrial and consumer goods in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in concert with USTR’s Office of WTO Affairs.  The goal of the Market Access section is to create new market access opportunities abroad and level the playing field for American workers, manufacturers, and companies.

The focus of these efforts is the ongoing non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiations that are part of the larger WTO Doha Round of negotiations launched in 2001.  The aim of the NAMA negotiations is to reduce tariffs and eliminate non-tariff barriers (NTBs) on all industrial and consumer goods.  The Market Access section also has the lead on all industrial market access negotiations for countries that are in the process of acceding to the WTO.  Currently, there are over 30 countries in the accession process.

Below are links to documents relevant to the WTO NAMA negotiations, official U.S. submissions to the WTO, general fact sheets and a list of countries currently in accession to the WTO.