The following is excerpted from a 2 July 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the World Customs Organization (WCO), the Organization published a new Annual Report that takes stock of where the WCO has been, where it is now, and where it is going, in addition to serving as a window on the many successes of the WCO, its Members and Customs’ external partners.
The following is from a 2 July 2012 Trade Policy Review by the World Trade Organiztion.
The first review of the trade policies and practices of the Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau and Togo takes place on 2 and 4 July 2012. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Governments of the Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau and Togo.
The following is from a 30 June 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.
Heads of Customs administrations representing the 177 Members of the World Customs Organization (WCO) met in Brussels, Belgium from 28-30 June 2012 for the 119th/120th Sessions of the WCO Council, under the expert direction of Josephine Feehily, the Chair of the Council and Chairman of the Irish Customs and tax administration.
The following is from a July 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 10 July 2012, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document officially called an “airgram”.
The following is from a 29 June 2012 speech by Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization.
The following is from a 29 June 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
Development assistance since 2005 for cotton producers, mainly in Africa, is approaching $400 million, WTO members heard on 29 June 2012, in a meeting where several members also said they were concerned about subsidies proposed in a new US Farm Bill.
The following is from a 29 June 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.
The Container Control Programme (CCP), a joint initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Customs Organization (WCO, continues to have an impressive success rate, yielding positive results at an ever-increasing pace through enhanced inspection of containers in order to detect illicit goods.
The following is from a 28 June 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.
The following is from a 29 June 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
On 29 June 2012, the WTO Appellate Body issued its reports in the cases “US – Certain Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) Requirements” (DS384 and DS386).
The following is excerpted from a 29 June 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
