The Office of Foreign Assets Control is correcting its October 25, 2010 Federal Register notice concerning the designation of two individuals in Afghanistan, Haji Agha Jan Alizai and Saleh Mohammad Kakar, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.” The document contained an incorrect effective date of October 20. The correct effective date is October 26, 2010.
The State Department, World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently issued the following travel warnings, travel alerts, country specific information sheets, and disease outbreak-related information:
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council are requesting comments from the public regarding the draft 2010 National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Strategic Plan. The draft plan is posted at http://strategy.nano.gov . Comments are due by November 30, 2010.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board has issued the following notice:
FSIS has provided updated information for the export of U.S. meat and poultry to the following countries:
The U.S. Council for International Business will be holding seminars on the new incoterms (Incoterms® 2010) that take effect on January 1, 2011.
FSIS has issued the following notices:
The National Association of Manufacturers issued a statement and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued letters to the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce against Puerto Rico's newly enacted 4% tax on foreign corporations. They state that the new tax increase will profoundly affect the decision-making of foreign corporations as they consider whether to continue to do business and deploy their capital in Puerto Rico.