The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of drill pipe from China.
Commissioner Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a statement expressing disappointment that the other Commissioners do not want to use a portion of CPSC's unallocated FY 2010 funds for a cost-benefit analysis of the recently issued proposed rule on testing and labeling pertaining to product certification. Commissioner Northup also blogged expressing regret that the unused funds were not returned to the Treasury.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has announced that it will be holding its Annual Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy on August 31 - September 2, 2010 in Washington, DC.
The Federal Highway Administration has issued a press release announcing that has launched a new web-based tool, FPMweb, to pinpoint freight congestion.
The U.S. Trade Representative announced that on June 8, 2010, the U.S. and the European Union signed an agreement designed to lead to settlement of the longstanding dispute brought by certain Latin American countries and the U.S. over the EU's bananas trading regime.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has updated its guidance on supporting documentation for DSP-73 (temporary export) and DSP-61 (temporary import) license applications, in order to remove paper transmittal letter instructions, as all license applications must now be submitted electronically via D-Trade2.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has released a draft document1 on U.S. positions for the 33rd session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC or Codex)2 in Switzerland in July 2010. The document was discussed during FSIS’ June 8, 2010 public meeting seeking comment on the draft U.S. positions.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted a report entitled "End-Use Monitoring of Defense Articles and Defense Services Commercial Exports FY 2008," which describes actions taken by the Department of State during fiscal year 2008 to implement the “Blue Lantern” end-use monitoring program.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ADD/CVD message which contains adjusted antidumping duty rates under the International Trade Administration's amended preliminary affirmative AD duty determination on certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from China