List of Abbreviations

CAFTA-DR Central American Free Trade Agreement

CEC Commission on Environmental Cooperation

CEPA Canadian Environmental Protection Act

CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

COP Conference of the Parties

CPTPP Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership

CWA Clean Water Act

DSM dispute-settlement mechanism

ECA environmental cooperation agreement

EIA Environmental Investigation Agency

EO executive order

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

IUU illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing

MEA multilateral environmental agreement

NAAEC North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement

NGO nongovernmental organization

PTA preferential trade agreement

TPA Trade Promotion Authority

TPP Trans-Pacific Partnership

TREND Trade and Environment Database

USMCA United States, Mexico, and Canada Agreement

USTR United States Trade Representative

WTO World Trade Organization