The following is excerpted from a 3 December 2013 news article by the International Chamber of Commerce.

The following is excerpted from the 1 December 2013 edition of PortCalls Asia.

Brokers, importers and other stakeholders dealing with the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) should be prepared for changes in the agency.

This article is available in its entirety at:
http://www.portcalls.com/prepare-for-reforms-at-customs-ph-brokers-told/

The following is excerpted from the 2 December 2013 edition of Reuters Canada.

Crisis is the natural state of world trade negotiations. But this week will be different.

Ministers meeting in the Indonesian resort of Bali from Tuesday until Friday will decide the fate of the World Trade Organization, with two possible outcomes: a global trade agreement, the first since the WTO was created in 1995, or a failure that kills off the Doha round of trade talks and casts the WTO into obsolescence.

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World Trade Organization Director-General Roberto Azevedo told WTO members Nov. 26 that negotiations toward an agreement on trade facilitation, agriculture and developing country concerns have come very close to producing fully agreed texts but a final deal remains “elusive” because members have “stopped making the tough political calls” over the past few days.

The following is excerpted from a 28 November 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.

The following is excerpted from the 28 November 2013 of Reuters.

The European Union banned most imports of South African citrus fruit on Thursday for the rest of this year over fears that a fungal disease found in dozens of shipments could spread to the 28-nation bloc.

The ban follows the interception of 36 citrus consignments this year from the EU's chief summer supplier that were contaminated with the fungal black spot disease, which is not currently found in Europe.

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The following is excerpted from the 28 November 2013 of Vancouver DESI.

China signed more than 50 bilateral cooperation agreements with Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries here Wednesday during the 7th China-LAC Business Summit.

A record number of nearly 500 Chinese entrepreneurs and 800 others from 23 countries attended the summit, during which over 500 companies from sectors such as agriculture, automobile, biotechnology and energy held a total of 1,600 match-making meetings, reported Xinhua.

The following is excerpted from the 28 November 2013 of The Brazil Business.

The importation of health products can only be released after a monitoring process of the goods. This article outlines how this process works and the main documentation required for it.

This article is available in its entirety at:
http://thebrazilbusiness.com/article/how-to-import-health-products-to-brazil

The following is excerpted from the 27 November 2013 edition of the St George & Sutherland Shire Leader.

A new corruption taskforce will start work before Christmas to "weed out" criminals among the government's Customs and Border Protection agency.

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said the taskforce was designed to catch "the few" corrupt customs officials, following a series of scandals involving agents and their links to drug importation and outlaw motorcycle gangs.

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The following is excerpted from the 26 November 2013 edition of TalkVietnam.

The Vietnam Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System and the Vietnam Customs Information System (VNACCS/VCIS) will be put into operation on April 1, 2014, marking a major breakthrough in customs modernization in Vietnam.

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