The World Customs Organization issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Aug. 1 (some may also be given separate headlines):
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 July 30 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The agriculture ministers from the largest economies around the world said they "are concerned about the increasing use of protectionist non-tariff measures, inconsistently with WTO rules." The ministers met in Buenos Aires July 27-28, and issued a statement at the end of the meeting about numerous issues, including trade. They said they are committed to setting sanitary and phytosanitary regulations on international standards and assessment of risk appropriate to the circumstances, and intend to "refrain from adopting unnecessary obstacles to international trade." The statement says they also "welcome and support the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) decision on developing a globally harmonized Electronic Phytosanitary Certification Basis (ePhyto) as a concrete and efficient way of facilitating international trade."
China Customs stopped more than 32,000 shipments related to intellectual property rights infringements during the first half of 2018, it said in a July 27 news release. The detained inbound and outbound shipments contained 7.1 million items, it said. "In the first half year, eastern coastal Customs Districts of Tianjin, Shanghai, Qingdao, Ningbo and Xiamen played the major role in cracking down on IPR infringement, but the inland Customs Districts of Shenyang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan and Changchun also posted rising data of IPR enforcement; along with the booming of cross-border e-commerce, China Customs seized more than 30,000 shipments of IPR-infringing goods contained in postal parcels and express couriers." China also recently worked with Russia customs on a special operation against infringed trademarks owned by FIFA, the international soccer federation, and its sponsors, China Customs said. "The two sides, by sharing IPR infringement information and strengthening bilateral enforcement cooperation, finally seized a total of more than 500,000 infringing articles."
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 July 27 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The World Customs Organization posted the revised "SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade," which was approved in June, WCO said in a July 26 news release. The framework is meant to improve cooperation among customs administrations, "for example through the exchange of information, mutual recognition of controls, mutual recognition of Authorized Economic Operators (AEOs), and mutual administrative assistance," WCO said. "In addition, it calls for enhanced Customs cooperation with government agencies entrusted with regulatory authority over certain goods (e.g., weapons, hazardous materials) and passengers, as well as with entities responsible for postal issues. The Framework now also includes a comprehensive list of AEO benefits with certain minimum assured benefits."
The World Customs Organization issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters: