Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
eTrucker reports, and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sources have confirmed, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided on September 28, 2007 to hold the current hours-of-service regulations in place until December 27th to give the FMCSA time to consider changes in the rule in light of the court's July 24th decision. (eTrucker, dated 10/01/07, available at http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=63585)
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1. Court Stays HOS Regulations until December 27th
2. LA, LB Port Officials Delay Decision on Clean Trucks Program
Land Line reports that the proposed clean trucks program that would ban pre-2007 trucks from the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and require all drivers to be company employees has been postponed. Commissions for both ports had scheduled a joint meeting for September 21, to consider approving a plan to overhaul the port's operation to remove the oldest of the 16,000 trucks that visit the port daily; the meeting had been cancelled, and no replacement date had been announced. (Land Line, dated 09/21/07, available at http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2007/Sep07/091707/092107-03.htm)
3. Treasury Sanctions 14 Burmese Government Officials
The Treasury Department has issued a press release announcing that it has sanctioned 14 senior Burmese Government officials, pursuant to Executive Order 13310, in the wake of that government's longstanding oppression of the Burmese people and its recent use of violence against peaceful demonstrators. (HP-578, dated 09/27/07, available at http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp578.htm)
4. Treasury, Commerce Secretaries Call for Permanent Moratorium on Internet Taxes
The Treasury Department has issued a press release announcing that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez recently issued a statement calling for the Senate to make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxes and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. (HP-577, dated 09/26/07, available at http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp577.htm)
5. U.S., Vietnam Meeting on Information, Communication Technology
The International Trade Administration has issued a press release announcing that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing, Jamie Estrada, was scheduled to lead an interagency delegation to Hanoi, Vietnam on September 18, 2007, for the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Vietnam Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Commercial Dialogue. (Press release, dated 09/14/07, available at http://trade.gov/press/press_releases/2007/vietnam_091407.asp)
6. CBP's Annual Trade Symposium to be Held November 14-15, 2007
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Federal Register notice announcing its 8th annual Trade Symposium will be held on November 14-15, 2007; registration for the event will open October 1, 2007. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/24/07 news, 07092405, for previous BP summary announcing the Trade Symposium.) (FR Pub 10/01/07, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-19299.pdf)
7. FMC Lists OTI Applications
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a notice that lists those applying for ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) licenses as a non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC) or NVOCC/ ocean freight forwarder (FF) or NVOCC/FF OTI, as follows:
FMC notice (FR Pub 09/19/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-18452.pdf