The White House’s Office of U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) has released a document of selected highlights of intellectual property enforcement achievements in 2010.
Russia export controls and sanctions
The use of export controls and sanctions on Russia has surged since the country's invasion of Crimea in 2014, and especially its invasion of Ukraine in in February 2022. Similar export controls and sanctions have been imposed by U.S. allies, including the EU, U.K. and Japan. The following is a listing of recent articles in Export Compliance Daily on export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia:
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
On December 27, 2010, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development (MED) announced the initial distribution of 2011 tariff rate quota quantities to importers. The poultry TRQ has been reduced to 350,000 MT and narrowed in product scope, and will not have country-specific allocations in 2011. Russia increased the U.S. frozen beef quota allocation from 21,700 to 41,700 MT while making the equivalent reduction to “other countries”. Fresh beef, pork, and pork trimming TRQ remain unchanged from 2010. The remaining TRQ quantities will be distributed to importers by April 15, 2010.
On December 9, 2010, the President’s Export Council1 held its second meeting to discuss a variety of issues related to the Administration’s National Export Initiative.
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice announcing the opportunity for interested parties to request administrative reviews by January 31, 2011 for the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders and suspension agreements, for the identified review periods.
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
FSIS has issued the following notices:
The following are highlights of the trade-related Executive Communications sent to Congress from December 17, 2010 to December 22, 2010:
During the December 17, 2010 Transatlantic Economic Council, the European Union and the U.S. announced the launch of a new website, the TransAtlantic IPR Portal, to help EU and U.S. companies break into foreign markets and avoid intellectual property rights violations.