According to the Canada Gazette, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is initiating investigations into the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain metal bar grating of carbon, alloy, or stainless steel originating in or exported from China.The Canadian International Trade Tribunal's preliminary injury determination is due by November 19, 2010.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a list of pine shoot beetle infested areas of Canada and the U.S. as of September 16, 2010 to help with compliance with Directive D-94-22. This directive states the phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Canada from the continental U.S., the movement within, and exportation from Canada of pine plants and plant products that are infested with the pine shoot beetle.
In the September 30, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a table indicating the U.S. states from which it restricts imports of material with soil due to the presence or possible presence of specific soil pests in all or part of the state.
The World Trade Organization has issued the tenth U.S. Trade Policy Review which says that U.S. trade and investment regimes are among the most open in the world, and have remained so throughout the period under review. However, the U.S. should continue to reduce its support for agriculture, eliminate remaining barriers to services trade and investment, and pursue trade liberalization on most-favored nation basis to avoid risks of protectionism.
European Parliament International Trade Committee Members have approved legislation that would harmonize country of origin labeling requirements and penalties for noncompliance at the European Union level. The legislation aims to ensure that customers are properly informed about a product's origin and protect them against possible health risks, counterfeiting and unfair competition.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of September 30, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The World Trade Organization has issued the report of the Dispute Settlement Panel in the dispute "U.S.-Certain Measures Affecting Imports of Poultry from China" (DS392). The panel finds, among other things, that Section 727 of the fiscal year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which prohibits the use of funds appropriated under that Act from being used to establish or implement a rule allowing poultry products to be imported into the U.S. from China, is inconsistent with Articles I:1 and XI:1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT).
In the September 29, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
GOV.cn reported that the Chinese government issued a circular on September 27, 2010 to tighten restrictions on online transactions of drug precursor chemicals, in a bid to fight Internet-enabled drug trafficking.