The International Trade Administration announces a meeting of the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee on September 1, 2010. The agenda for the public session includes a trade promotion activities update, including on a Commerce-led civil nuclear trade mission to Europe, U.S. industry program at the International Atomic Energy Agency, and U.S.-Brazil Nuclear Codes and Standards Workshop.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of 21 persons it has determined to be the Government of Iran, which prohibits transactions and subjects them to certain sanctions under the Iranian Transactions Regulations, effective August 3, 2010.
On August 10, 2010, APHIS updated the Manual for Agricultural Clearance. The manual provides CBP personnel working at airport and maritime locations with the guidelines, directions, and policy for clearing carriers and passengers/crew and controlling garbage and cargo.
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:
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 Coalition of Service Industries will holding its annual Global Services Summit on September 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. The Summit, which is on "Breaking the Deadlock on Services Trade and Investment," will feature speakers such as U.S. Commerce Secretary Locke, U.S. Trade Representative Kirk, World Trade Organization Director General Lamy, House Ways and Means Chairman Levin and Ranking Member Camp, and various foreign trade ministers.
The Foreign Agricultural Service has issued a July 2010 report on world dairy trade. While the U.S. has long been an attractive market for dairy imports, in recent years, imports both on a fat and skim milk equivalent basis have been declining. In terms of fat basis imports, this decline has been particularly pronounced with respect to cheeses. It appears that the historically attractive price margin created by high U.S. cheese prices relative to world prices has diminished leading foreign exporters to shift their focus to emerging markets. For skim solids, U.S. imports dropped rapidly in 2009 and are expected to drop further in 2010. Imports of skim solids are largely accounted for by casein, milk protein concentrates and whey products. The same factors affecting cheese imports are probably responsible for skim's fall.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces its intention to request extension of approval of an information collection associated with the export of animals and animal products from the U.S. for an additional three years. Comments are due by October 12, 2010.