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The following is excerpted from a 20 June 2013 news release by the World Customs Organization.
The Leaders of the G8 released their Communiqué in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, on 18 June 2013.
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has welcomed the launch of negotiations between the European Union and the United States on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which he said would deliver potentially very significant benefits for the global trading system and a boost for the world economy.
This 19 June 2013 article is available in its entirety on the OECD website at:
http://www.oecd.org/trade/TTIP.pdf
The following is excerpted from a 17 June 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report on G-20 trade measures issued on 17 June 2013, said that “more than 100 trade-restrictive measures were implemented by G-20 economies over the past seven months, covering around 0.5% of G-20 merchandise imports”. He called on the G-20 to “take positive steps to unlock the potential for trade to grow stronger by ensuring a successful outcome at the next Ministerial Conference in Bali”.
The following is excerpted from a 13 June 2013 press release by the World Customs Organization.
The Embassy of the Republic of Albania deposited Albania’s instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Revised Kyoto Convention) with the World Customs Organization on 4 June 2013.
Having entered into force on 3 February 2006, the Revised Kyoto Convention now has 86 Contracting Parties, and is regarded as a blueprint for effective and modern Customs procedures.
The following is a 13 June 2013 news item from the World Customs Organization.
Now available the Classification Decisions taken at the last Session of the Harmonized System Committee (51st Session) in March 2013 : the classification rulings, as well as the amendments to the Explanatory Notes and to the Compendium of Classification Opinions.
This item is available in its entirety at:
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 complained that EU countries have been selling wine to China at below-market prices. China’s Commerce Ministry will now investigate whether European winemakers are receiving improper subsidies in exporting their products to China.
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 this week, the strike action on Monday and into Tuesday has impacted trucking operations to and from the port, which is located near the Indonesia capital Jakarta and handles around half of the country’s containers.
