The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of July 24 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The World Customs Organization issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A recently formed U.S.-United Kingdom working group is trying to springboard a post-Brexit free trade agreement, even as the UK is looking to complete a full FTA with the EU by the time of its scheduled March 2019 departure, UK Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox said July 24 in Washington. An Office of the U.S. Trade Representative spokeswoman said that discussions of the Trade and Investment Working Group will "provide a mechanism for preparing the ground" for a potential post-Brexit U.S.-UK FTA, adding that the first talks, to include Fox, are taking place July 24-25. “The United States was very quick to take up our offer to work together to see how, when Britain takes up its independence into the WTO after leaving the European Union, we can work together on big issues, the big multilateral issues of global liberalization of trade,” Fox said at the American Enterprise Institute. “I will judge people by the actions they take, and it seems to me that the [Trump] administration is moving perfectly in line with what we would like to see. It does appear, to me, to be an acceptance of the need to strengthen the WTO, and make it work better for us, rather than any attempt to question its legitimacy.”
The World Customs Organization endorsed the launch of a digital ATA Carnet process pilot for next year, the U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB) said (here). Carnets are international customs and temporary export-import documents that allow for duty-free treatment of goods that will be re-exported within 12 months, such as trade show samples. USCIB is the guaranteeing organization for Carnets in the U.S. During a meeting in Brussels June 30, the eCarnet working group of the International Chamber of Commerce and World Chambers Federation said it is moving “on schedule” to a third phase of creating a digitized ATA Carnet system. The working group showcased its recently developed “Mercury” system, a database of “key ATA Carnet data,” USCIB said. More than 15 nations and the EU expressed support for the pilot. “Customs, Carnet holders, service providers and national guaranteeing associations, such as USCIB, will be more productive with a modernized export/import process for items moving under an ATA Carnet,” USCIB said.
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of July 21 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The European Union recently issued the following trade-related releases (notices of most significance will be given separate headlines):
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of July 19 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The World Customs Organization issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The World Trade Organization recently posted the following notices:
The European Union recently issued the following trade-related releases (notices of most significance will be given separate headlines):