The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on September 24, 2010 that the U.S. has asked the North American Free Trade Agreement Free Trade Commission to establish a dispute settlement panel regarding Mexico’s decision not to move its “dolphin safe” labeling dispute from the World Trade Organization to NAFTA, as requested by the U.S. and as required by NAFTA.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued updated versions of its list of Australia (September 21, 2010) and Israel (September 21, 2010) firms eligible to export meat and poultry to the U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security announces that the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) will hold a closed meeting on October 14, 2010, which will focus on sensitive sharing of real time information among Transportation Security Administration and federal and local law enforcement agencies concerning transportation infrastructure.
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):
The State Department, World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently issued the following travel warnings, travel alerts, country specific information sheets, and disease outbreak-related information:
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has issued a notice requesting written comments by 11:59 p.m. EST on October 6, 2010 regarding a "commercial availability" request it received under the DR-CAFTAfrom Elder Manufacturing Company, Inc.:
Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):
The International Trade Administration's U.S. Commercial Service is organizing a Franchise Trade Mission to India (Mumbai, Hyderabad, and New Delhi) from April 10-15, 2011, which will focus on assisting U.S. franchise companies to launch or increase their business in the Indian market. Applications are due by February 18, 2011.
The International Trade Administration's U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service is organizing a Trade Mission to Amman, Jordan, and Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, Israel on February 20-24, 2011, and a stop in Eilat, Israel, for companies involved in the renewable energies sector. The mission will also include companies involved in healthcare technologies, and cleantech (i.e. technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution, otherwise referred to as clean technologies). Applications are due by December 20, 2010.