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The following is excerpted from a 6 February 2013 news item by the World Customs Organization.At the invitation of Director General Vola Razafindramiandra of Madagascar Customs, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya of the WCO visited Madagascar from 5-7 February 2013 to appreciate Madagascar’s progress…
The following is excerpted from the 13 February 2013 edition of The Globe and Mail.A free-trade deal between the European Union and the United States is a logical step in the context of other bilateral agreements being discussed, such as one between Canada and the EU, says the head of the European…
The following is excerpted from a 7 February 2013 news item by the World Customs Organization.The Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, visited Comoros from 7-9 February 2013 to support Customs modernization underway in the country, at the invitation of the Director General of Customs, Ali…
The following is from the 11 February 2013 edition of Journal of Commerce.U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the European Union recently implemented a mutual recognition decision between Customs’ Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program and the EU’s Authorized Economic Operator…
The following is excerpted from a 30 January 2013 news item by the World Customs Organization.At the invitation of Japan's Ministry of Finance, the Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, visited Tokyo, Japan from 30 January to 1 February 2013 to meet recently elected political leaders. He…
The following is excerpted from a 1 February 2013 speech by DG Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization.Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech to the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh on 1 February 2013, said that “removing barriers to trade and cutting red tape in half, which is…
The following is from a 28 January 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization. The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), on 28 January 2013, established a single panel to examine complaints by the EU, the US and Japan regarding the dispute “Argentina – Measures affecting the importation of goods”. At…
The following is from the 28 January 2013 edition of Journal of Commerce. The Internal Market Committee members of the European Parliament have approved a deal with the European Council that gives customs officials at EU borders better tools and clearer rules to confiscate, store and destroy pirated…
The following is from the 28 January 2013 edition of American Shipper.The U.S. and Japanese governments today have agreed on new terms and conditions which open the door for expanded exports of U.S. beef and beef products to Japan.Under these new terms, effective Feb. 1, Japan will permit the import…