Office of Trade and Global Partnerships Also referred to as: OTGP

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The Office of Trade and Global Partnerships (OTGP) serves as the FDA lead for addressing issues related to international trade of regulated products, mutual recognition agreements, and entering into arrangements and sharing information with global counterparts. OTGP also serves as the FDA lead for addressing cross-cutting issues in multilateral organizations and coordinates issues arising in multilateral forums within FDA. The office performs the following duties:

• Establishing FDA’s trade objectives and in consultation with subject matter experts in the Office of the Commissioner and product centers;
• Working with other federal agencies to help formulate U.S. trade policy;
• Representing FDA at the World Trade Organization, and in discussions or negotiations with trading partners;
•  Representing FDA and supporting FDA leadership at the United Nations and other multilateral organizations.

Focus on OTGP

• Introduction to FDA’s Office of Trade and Global Partnerships, Webinar, July 2024
• Global Efforts to Address Plastic Pollution: An FDA Perspective, From a Global Perspective, September 2023
• U.S. Department of Commerce Publishes Text of Landmark Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Supply Chain Agreement, Department of Commerce, News Release, September 2023
• Trade Agreement Between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S., USTR, May 2023
• United States and Kenya Announce the Launch of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership, USTR, News Release, July 2022
• WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Thematic Session on Transparency, WTO, Webinar, December 2022
• The WTO’s Decision on Australia’s Plain Packaging Tobacco Measures Explained, From a Global Perspective, December 2020
• Why the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is Important to FDA, FDA Voices, November 2020
• Equivalence: Using a Trade Mechanism to Ensure Broader Consumer Choice and Open New Markets for Molluscan Shellfish, FDA Voices, September 2020
• FDA Achieves Key Milestone, Finalizes Framework That Will Resume Shellfish Trade with Europe for the First Time in 10 Years, FDA Press Release, September 2020
• Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, USTR, July 2020 
• WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Thematic Session on Conformity Assessment Procedures, WTO, Webinar, March 2019

Resources for You

• Contact Information: OGPS Offices
• Imports and Exports
• International Programs and Activities
• International Arrangements
• Mutual Recognition Agreement
• International Publications, Speeches, and News
• WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
• WTO Technical Barriers to Trade

 

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