The following is from a 23 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.

The WTO released on 23 October 2012 its annual package of trade and tariff data, providing detailed statistics on import/export trade flows and tariff rates in 2011. This package includes the 2012 editions of its annual publications — International Trade Statistics, Trade Profiles and World Tariff Profiles — plus an update of the WTO Statistics Database and other data sources.

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The following is from a 22 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.

A new ten-delegation WTO grouping called Friends of Safeguards Procedures (FSP), at the Committee on Safeguards meeting on 22 October 2012, expressed concern about “procedural, transparency, and due process issues” related to certain safeguard investigations.

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The following is from the 24 October 2012 edition of the Journal of Commerce.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.— With Customs and Border Protection especially vigilant today in enforcing commercial trade regulations, a customs consultant told footwear industry executives meeting in Huntington Beach that adhering to CBP’s reasonable care directives is just as important today as when the concept was introduced almost 20 years ago.

The following is excerpted from a 19 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.

WTO members meeting as the committee dealing with food safety and animal and plant health agreed on 18–19 October 2012 to accelerate work on how to defuse disputes with the help of its chairperson.

The following is excerpted from an 18 October news item by the World Trade Organization.

On 18 October 2012, the WTO Appellate Body issued its report in the case “China – Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties on Grain Oriented Flat-Rolled Electrical Steel from the United States” (DS414).

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The following is excerpted from a 17 October 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 23 October 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 excerpted from a 15 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.

The following is excerpted from a 15 October 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.

The following is excerpted from a 12 October 2012 speech by DG Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organiztion.

The following is excerpted from a 10 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Orgaization.