The National Archives and Records Administration, on behalf of The American Institute in Taiwan, has published the list of agreements with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. that maintain cultural, commercial and other unofficial relations between the U.S. and Taiwan.
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
Export.gov is announcing four webinars in October and November 2010, to assist U.S. companies export their products internationally. These webinars are being offered free of charge.
U.S. government agency is seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notice for specific details):
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has submitted a proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget on Commercial Medium- and Heavy-Duty On-Highway Vehicles and Work Truck Fuel Efficiency Standards.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued updated versions of its list of Argentina (August 16, 2010) and Mexico (August 16, 2010) firms eligible to export meat and poultry to the U.S.
USDA's Radio News Service reports that most analysts do not see any major problems in supplying the wheat market with enough wheat, despite shortfalls in some production areas. Moreover, U.S. wheat growers will get a bit of a windfall from the problems Black Sea area producers are having this year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation is amending a previous final rule that implemented the 2008 Farm Bill provisions for the cotton program to remove definitions that are no longer used concerning Northern Europe prices for cotton, clarifying changes to the regulations for the cotton program and for CCC-approved warehouses, etc.
FSIS has provided updated information for the export of U.S. meat and poultry to the following countries:
The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis have released June 2010 statistics on international trade in goods and services, which state, among other things, that total June exports of $150.5 billion and imports of $200.3 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $49.9 billion. June exports were $2.0 billion less than May exports of $152.4 billion.