The Congressional Research Service has issued a report to Congress entitled “Asian Carp and the Great Lakes Region,” which discusses measures to prevent movement and expansion of Asian carp the Great Lakes region.
On October 4, 2010, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted a Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report on problems with Russia’s new Customs Union1 list of products requiring phytosanitary certificates.
The Government Accountability Office has posted a report entitled “Intellectual Property: Agencies Progress in Implementing Recent Legislation, but Enhancements Could Improve Future Plans.”
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced that the third meeting of the Trade and Investment Council, established by the U.S.-Ukraine Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement (TICA), took place on October 13, 2010 in Ukraine. During the meeting, the governments agreed on an Action Plan on the protection of intellectual property rights in Ukraine, which Ukraine expects to begin implementing in 2011.
The Office of Foreign Asset Controls has released a periodic update of the list of authorized providers of air, travel and remittance forwarding services to Cuba, which includes nine newly authorized providers, among other things.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has updated its Specially Designated Nationals list to add 17 individuals and 12 entities in Mexico and Colombia pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, which prohibits U.S. persons from conducting transactions with the designees and freezes any assets they may have under U.S. jurisdiction. The Treasury Department's press release on these designations is available here.
FSIS has issued the following notices:
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 Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
FSIS has provided updated information for the export of U.S. meat and poultry to the following countries: