The EPA has formed partnerships with a number of foreign government agencies and other international organizations. These partnerships have led to an ongoing exchange of information and expertise that is beneficial to all members. Examples of international partnerships the United States belongs to include the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (formed with Mexico), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Technical Working Group on Pesticides (with Canada and Mexico), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Pesticide Working Group (with 29 other countries).

Recommended EPA Web pages

• Examples of U.S. - International Partnerships
  Provides links to information about examples of U.S. - international partnerships.
• International Organizations
  Provides information about international environmental partnerships.
• Brownfields and Land Revitalization: International Partnerships
  EPA is fostering international brownfields partnerships through exchanges of data, information, development of case studies, and exchanges between brownfields practitioners.

Border Issues
Great Lakes, Transboundary Pollution, US-Canada Border, US-Mexico Border

Chemicals Management
Export, Green Chemistry, Import, Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRS), Screening

Country & Regional Programs
Canada, Caribbean, Central Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Western Europe

Environmental Policy
Children's Health, Marine Pollution, Trade

Global Climate Change
Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Sink, Forestry, Greenhouse Gas, Land Use, Methane, Technology Cooperation

Import/Export
Pesticides, Waste

International Visitors

Partners/Networks
International Joint Commission (IJC), NAFTA Technical Working Group on Pesticides, OECD Pesticide Working Group

Pollution Prevention
Binational Toxics Strategy

Radiation

Stratospheric Ozone

Technical Assistance
Environmental Technology Verification, Site Remediation Technologies, Training

Treaties and Agreements
Basel Convention, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, La Paz Agreement, London Convention, Marpol Agreement, Montreal Protocol, North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), US-Japan Agreement on Cooperation in Environmental Protection, US-Taiwan Bilateral Agreement In the Field of Environmental Protection, US-Thailand Agreement in the Area of Environmental Protection

Voluntary Standards
ISO 14000

Waste

Water
Marine Pollution, Transboundary