Trade, Our Global Position

The Issue:

• Actively encouraging a commercially meaningful conclusion to the Doha Development Agenda, including a commitment by all key chemical producing countries to a sectorial tariff elimination agreement.
• Supporting inclusion of all key economies into the rules-based system of the World Trade Organization, such as the current significant accession negotiations for Russia.
• Supporting a host of bilateral agreements on behalf of our operations and customers, ranging from the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement and the European Union-Mercosur negotiations, to the wide range of regional/bilateral discussions with The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
• Advocating for reduced tariffs, as well as removal of the non-tariff barriers – including customs inefficiencies, lack of transparency and regulatory barriers – that impede the free flow of products, services and technologies.

Working locally to ensure that trade preferences programs support domestic manufacturing – including duty suspension, export control reform and other policies.