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The following is excerpted from an 11 June 2013 news article by the International Chamber of Commerce.Despite recurring pledges to roll back protectionist measures, the G8 and its larger sibling the G20 are failing to demonstrate global leadership on trade openness, according to the ICC Open Markets…

The following is excerpted from the 7 June 2013 edition of The Journal of Commerce.A strike earlier this week at the leading Indonesia gateway port of Tanjung Priok is continuing to cause truck bottlenecks, according to forwarders.While discharging and loading activities have continued as normal…

The following is excerpted from the 7 June 2013 edition of The Journal of Commerce.China has launched an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into wines imported from the European Union, Xinhua reports.The decision follows a request from the China Alcoholic Drinks Association, which…

The following is excerpted from a 4 June 2013 news release by the World Customs Organization.More than 100 participants from 48 countries, representing all six WCO regions, attended the WCO International Research Conference on Informality, International Trade and Customs on 3-4 June 2013. The…

The following is excerpted from a 29 May 2013 news article by the International Chamber of Commerce.China has become the latest country to join the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) World Chambers Federation (WCF) International Certificates of Origin (CO) Accreditation Chain. China’s…

The following is excerpted from a 3 June 2013 press release by the World Customs Organization.The World Customs Organization (WCO) has just published its INN Table. The INN Table contains the HS classification of INNs (International Nonproprietary Names) decided by the Harmonized System Committee…

The following is excerpted from a 22 May 2013 speech by DG Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization.Africans today are more confident and hopeful in the future than ever before. This is also the great transformation that I have seen in the attitude of African negotiators in WTO: confident that…

The following is excerpted from a 22 May 2013 news article by the International Chamber of Commerce.ICC has published a collection of standards to help border authorities determine a standardized definition of a diligent trader. With a widely-accepted premise that low-risk traders should receive…

The following is a 15 May 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.Argentina notified the WTO Secretariat, on 15 May 2013, of a request for consultations with the European Union on measures imposed by the EU and/or its member states that affect the importation and marketing of biodiesel as…