On 24 January 2014, 14 WTO Members pledged to launch negotiations on liberalizing trade in so-called “green goods” by eliminating tariffs on a broad list of green goods.  This will build upon the APEC list of 54 green goods . The countries participating in the negotiations are: Australia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, the European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States.

Negotiations were launched in Geneva, Switzerland on 8 July 2014.

Documents relating to the negotiations
19-23 September 2016	Geneva, Switzerland. 16th round of negotiations
25-29 August 2016	Geneva, Switzerland. 15th round of negotiations
20-24 June 2016	Geneva, Switzerland. 14th round of negotiations
18-22 April 2016	Geneva, Switzerland. 13th round of negotiations
30 November - 04 December 2015	Geneva, Switzerland. 11th round of negotiations
08 July 2014	Geneva, Switzerland. Launch of negotiations of the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA)
24 January 2014	Davos Switzerland. Countries Announce Intention to Enter into WTO negotiations on Environmental Goods
	Joint Statement Regarding Trade in Environmental Goods
Sources:  Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR); Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); European Union

• Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• European Union