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The following is excerpted from a 30 May 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.At the invitation of the Director General of Cote d'Ivoire Customs, Issa Coulibaly, the WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, visited Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire from 29-30 May 2012 to discuss the way forward for…
The following is excerpted from a 31 May 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.The seventh WTO-OECD-UNCTAD report for the G-20 on trade and investment restrictions reveals that government-imposed trade and investment restrictions have not slowed and that the pace of removing such obstacles…
Ottawa, June 1, 2012 — The International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA) held its bi-annual world conference entitled “The Future of Customs Compliance: Business Models and Strategies” in Athens, Greece from May 8-12, 2012. The conference sessions were well attended by…
The following is from the 17 May 2012 edition of the Journal of Commerce.Agency will begin screening all cargo from international passenger flights Dec. 3The Transportation Security Administration will begin screening all cargo arriving from international passenger flights in early December, a year…
The following is excerpted from a 17 May 2012 news release by the International Chamber of Commerce.Developing nations were the key drivers of growth in international trade for 2011, in spite of the volatility caused by the international financial crisis, according to a report published today by the…
The following is from the 18 May 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail.The United States imposed punitive tariffs on solar panel imports from China, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world’s two biggest economies and sparking accusations by Beijing of protectionism.The new tariffs of…
The WTO today published the Appellate Body report on “United States – Measures concerning the importation, marketing and sale of tuna and tuna products” (WT/DS381/AB/R)The report is available in its entirety at:http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news12_e/381abr_e.htm
The following is excerpted from a 16 May 2012 news release by the International Chamber of Commerce.Results of the ICC-Ifo World Economic Survey, released today, showed a fresh rise in the climate indicator during the second quarter of 2012, reaching 95.0, up from 82.4 in the previous quarter, and…
The following is excerpted from a 16 May 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 24 May 2012, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes…