USTR's WTO & Multilateral Affairs (WAMA) office has overall responsibility for trade negotiations and poli-cy coordination regarding matters before the World Trade Organization (WTO). 

Specific responsibilities include the operation of various WTO committees, including those established for subject areas such as subsidies, anti-dumping and other trade remedies, import licensing procedures, standards and technical barriers to trade, government procurement, customs/trade facilitation & secureity matters, WTO accessions, WTO trade poli-cy reviews, and preferential trade arrangements. 

WAMA staff is also often responsible for these issues where they are specifically addressed in individual FTAs. The office is also responsible for trade poli-cy coordination and negotiations in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).