The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has added information on electronic agreements submitted as re-baselined agreements to its Guidelines for Preparing Electronic Agreements concerning electronic agreements submitted as re-baselined agreements.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of certain steel grating from China.
The Office of Management and Budget has approved a Bureau of Industry and Security proposed rule to add certain standards and procedures for assigning priority ratings to purchase orders or contracts and for allocating materials, services, and facilities to promote the national defense.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain potassium phosphate salts from China (C-570-963).
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a notice announcing the Order revoking the following ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) licenses are being rescinded:
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued two notices that either reissue or revoke an ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) license, as follows:
On May 26, 2010, APHIS updated its Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Import PPQ Manual. The manual lists by country fruits and vegetables that are admissible into the United States. It includes a description of methods for sampling and inspecting selected fruits and vegetables. It also contains pictorial identification guides, and a glossary for common and scientific names of fruits and vegetables.