The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a closed meeting on June 23, 2010, in which the staff will brief the Commission on various compliance matters.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission announces a public hearing on June 30, 2010 in Washington, DC entitled “China’s Information Control Practices and the Implications for the United States,” regarding national security implications of the U.S. bilateral trade and economic relationship with China.
The Congressional Research Service has issued a report entitled, “The Future of U.S. Trade Policy: An Analysis of Issues and Options for the 111th Congress.”
On June 14, 2010, the U.S. Business Coalition for TPP sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Kirk expressing support for Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations. The Coalition also urges the U.S. and its seven TPP negotiating partners to agree not to adopt new trade or investment restrictions that would limit beyond existing levels the access of TPP countries to each other’s commercial and procurement markets or reduce levels of transparency or protections for intellectual property or investment that affects goods and services of the TPP countries.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of five individuals in Colombia and Ecuador whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978, "Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers," effective June 10, 2010.
The National Marine Fisheries Service has granted an affirmative finding to the Government of Mexico under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which allows certain yellowfin tuna harvested by Mexican-flag purse seine vessels or purse seine vessels operating under Mexican jurisdiction to continue to be imported into the U.S. The finding is effective April 1, 2010-March 31, 2015, subject to annual review.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of 2 individuals and 2 entities in Mexico whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, effective June 9, 2010.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted the comments of Chairman Tenenbaum before the European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Affairs Committee on June 10, 2010.
The Foreign Trade Zone Board has issued the following notice: