Global Markets & Trade

We engage policymakers and industry partners globally to encourage the adoption of national laws and regulations to support the development of the biotechnology sector.  Pursuing biotechnology specific outcomes within new trade agreements and modernizing older agreements is important as the biotechnology sector is increasingly global, requiring rules to govern the trade in biotechnology product and foster cross-border collaboration.

Letters, Comments & Testimony
January 30, 2024
BIO provides comments to the Office of Policy and International Affairs, U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (Docket ID: PTO-C-2023-0019)
January 30, 2024
BIO provides detailed comments to USTR RE: 2024 Special 301 Review: Identification of Countries under Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Docket ID: USTR-2023-0014)  
September 27, 2023
Comments on Revised HSR Premerger Notification and Report Form 16 CFR Parts 801-803—Hart-Scott-Rodino Coverage, Exemption, and Transmittal Rules, Project No. P239300
Press Releases
March 13, 2024
BIO President & CEO John F. Crowley announced today that BIO would take several important steps to reaffirm the organization’s position with regards to national security and the role that the industry plays as a vital strategic asset: “As a combat veteran and former Naval Intelligence Officer…
March 9, 2023
A broad coalition of national and state agriculture and bioscience organizations have written President Biden to thank the administration for beginning technical consultations with Mexico concerning its action to ban imports of biotech corn. The groups are calling for those consultations to start…
March 6, 2023
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization welcomes today’s announcement by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that it is initiating a technical consultation with Mexico over that country’s plan to ban imports of biotech corn. “BIO applauds the efforts of USTR and USDA to resolve this…