The World Customs Organization issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Dec. 3 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Nov. 30 (some may also be given separate headlines):
A committee meeting at the World Trade Organization on agriculture focused on heavy subsidies to farmers in both the developed and developing world, with particular criticism of India by the U.S. and Australia, according to a summary of the meeting held Nov. 27 in Geneva. The U.S. repeated its complaint about cotton (see 1811130032), and was backed by Brazil, the European Union and Australia. India said the U.S. was not justified in linking domestic support to exports of cotton. New Zealand sided with India, saying that rich countries also distort agriculture economics through subsidies. The U.S. also questioned India on an increased tariff on milk whey powder, from 20 percent to 40 percent. India said the higher tariff is still under its bound tariff rate. The EU complained India repeatedly raises tariffs to restrict trade, and that the gap between the applied tariff and the WTO-bound rate is a problem. The U.S. wanted to question Ghana about import requirements on poultry, but no representative was in the meeting from that country.
In recent editions of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Nov. 28 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The European Union recently issued the following trade-related release (notices of most significance will be given separate headlines):
The World Customs Organization issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The EU opened a "public consultation to inform a study for a possible new initiative to develop a single window environment for customs," it said in its newsletter dated Nov. 26. The effort is meant to "provide the stakeholders involved in the cross-border movement of goods and the wider public with the opportunity to express their views on all elements covered by the impact assessment: problem definition and respective drivers/root causes; the issue of subsidiarity and the added value of an EU level intervention; preliminary options for measures/policy packages; likely impacts of each option," the EU said on its survey page. The results will be used by the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union to help make decisions about the initiative, the EU said. The consultation is open until Jan. 17, it said.
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Nov. 26 (some may also be given separate headlines):