The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative recently posted to its Web site the President's 2010 Trade Policy Agenda and 2009 Annual Report on the Administration's progress on trade issues and future objectives.
The European Commission has published its annual report on barriers to trade and investment in the U.S. The report focuses on some key trade barriers and measures that prevent European Union exporters from tapping into the full potential of the U.S. market. It notes some continuing concerns and highlights a number of new barriers introduced in 2008. (Press Release, dated 07/27/09, available at http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1193&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en)
In Target Corporation, v. U.S., the Court of International Trade upheld the International Trade Administration's final affirmative circumvention determination on remand that mixed-wax candles were later-developed merchandise covered by the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from China.
The European Commission has released its third report on new potentially trade restrictive measures planned or implemented by its trading partners in the face of the economic crisis.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a notice of availability and request for comments on draft advisory circulars, other policy documents, and proposed technical standard orders currently offered by Aviation Safety. The FAA states that these proposed non-regulatory documents are available for public comment at http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/. The FAA must receive comments on or before the due date for each document as specified on the Web site. (FR Pub 02/01/07, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-435.pdf)