On March 2 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
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:
On Feb. 26-27 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases Feb 25-26 (notices of most significance will be given separate headlines):
On Feb. 24 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The World Trade Organization set up a panel on Feb. 23 to investigate European Union claims of unfair U.S. tax breaks to large civilian aircraft manufacturers (here). The EU initiated talks with the U.S. over those alleged unfair tax breaks, which are administered by the state of Washington, in mid-December (see 1501010006). The panel indicates those consultations failed to reach a compromise. More than a year ago, the state of Washington unveiled a tax break package for Boeing aimed at ensuring the state keeps the company’s manufacturing operations. Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Russia are also party to the panel.
The U.S. will level a new sanctions package against Russia if the country continues to fuel conflict in eastern Ukraine in direct violation of a recent cease fire accord, Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on Feb. 21 (here). Kerry spoke alongside British counterpart Philip Hammond in London. A European security organization brokered a cease fire deal on Feb. 12 in Minsk (here), and the agreement laid out a plan for implementation three days later.
On Feb. 18 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam should be added to the U.S. Trade Representative’s “priority watch list” in its annual Special 301 report, the International Intellectual Property Alliance said in a Jan. 6 news release (here). The USTR report reviews IP protections and other market practices in foreign countries, highlighting those nations with the most problematic IP standards. The Association of American Publishers, the Entertainment Software Association, the Independent Television & Film Alliance, MPAA and RIAA are IIPA members (here). Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Switzerland, Taiwan and United Arab Emirates should be added to the 301 report’s general watch list, said IIPA. The USTR should have “special engagement” with Italy and Spain, it said. “No country, including the U.S., is immune from the harms posed by high levels of unfair practices on the Internet,” said RIAA Executive Vice President Neil Turkewitz in a separate release (here). But there are “distinctions to be made between the efforts of different countries, and today’s filing highlights practices in some of the countries that have been least responsive in addressing piracy.”
On Feb. 5 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Feb. 4 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: