The World Trade Organization announces that Director-General Pascal Lamy, in opening the 21st Geneva Week for WTO non-resident members and observers, said that the G20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meetings have “provided a clear signal that they expect the Doha Development Round to be a deliverable next year.” He said that: “Discussions between leaders on this topic were to the point: how to supplement what is already on the table with new give and take in order to build a final package that they would take to their respective Parliaments. The challenge is now to translate this political will into negotiations here in Geneva.”
The European Commission has published new customs security guidelines for import and export procedures as well as updated import and export scenarios, export fallback rules and frequently asked questions on entry summary declarations.
In the November 11 and November 12, 2010 editions of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
EU Trade Commissioner De Gucht and Trade Ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean recently met to set priorities for 2011. They agreed to focus on trade and investment facilitation mechanism to provide centralized information on trade and investment flows, regulations and conditions in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Jointly combating piracy and counterfeiting will also be a priority. Ministers also endorsed measures to facilitate the trade of Palestinian products to Euro-Mediterranean markets.
Ahead of the EU-U.S. Transatlantic Economic Council summit on November 20, 2010, Members of European Parliament agreed on positions they think the European Council should take. This included positions on a possible barrier-free transatlantic market by 2015, differing rules on novel foods and genetically modified products and animal cloning, metric-only labeling of EU products, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, etc.
In the November 13 and November 15 editions of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The Government of Canada issued the following releases on November 11, 2010:
In a joint statement at the end of the G20 summit in Seoul, European Commission President Barroso and European Council President Van Rompuy said they are satisfied at the outcome. Adding that all major economies agreed to do their part to achieve rebalancing to tackle imbalances.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of November 12, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The World Customs Organization states that a joint global Customs enforcement operation initiated by WCO and the United Nations Environment Program and code-named "Sky-hole Patching II" led to the confiscation of more than 7,500 cylinders of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), HCFCs (hydrochlorofluorocarbons) and other ozone depleting substances.