On August 19, 2010, the United Nations Security Council Committee, established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), issued its updated Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban and/or the assets freeze. This List now reflects the names designated via Security Council resolution 1929 (2010) of June 9, 2010. It is available on the Committee’s webpage for the information and use, as appropriate, of all Member States.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has posted an announcement, background information, and a Q&A on its proposal to enhance import controls on food and food ingredients in the Non Federally Registered Sector (NFRS) that are regulated solely under Canada’s Food and Drugs Act.1
The World Trade Organization has posted a notification by the European Union to the Dispute Settlement Body of its decision to appeal to the Appellate Body certain issues of law covered in the Panel Report and certain legal interpretations in the dispute "European Union -- Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft" (WT/DS316), including the legal irrelevance of pre-1995 subsidies. (May have to click on source document twice for proper viewing.)
The World Trade Organization has posted questions posed by China on the U.S.’ semi-annual report on preliminary and final countervailing actions regarding its CV duty measures against oil country tubular goods from China. (May have to click on source document twice for proper viewing.)
Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, and Foreign Trade has announced that Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) has approved Brazil's first regulation designed to specifically combat circumvention of antidumping and countervailing duties.
The Organization for Economic Development reports that gross domestic product in the OECD area rose by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2010, the same rate as in the previous quarter. Real GDP grew by 1% in both the euro area and the European Union driven by record growth of 2.2% in Germany. GDP growth was 1.1% in the United Kingdom; 0.6% in France; and 0.4% in Italy. By contrast, GDP growth in Japan and the U.S. slowed to 0.1% and 0.6% respectively.
China's Ministry of Commerce reports that Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, during her first visit as Commissioner, said on August 13, 2010 that China is improving its oversight of exporters in a bid to root out problems ranging from the contamination of its dairy products to the safety of pharmaceutical exports. She said that U.S.-China teamwork on food safety was part of a broader move to create a global community of regulators, adding that FDA has set up offices in three Chinese cities and is cooperating in many areas, including training and joint inspections. The article adds that the Chinese government introduced a new Food Safety Law in June 2009 with tougher punishments.
The World Trade Organization has posted a notification by the U.S. to the WTO Committee on Agriculture of a summary of safeguard actions taken in 2009, which includes the tariff item number, a description of the product, whether volume-based action was taken (none), and whether price-based action was taken and affected quantities. (May have to click on source document twice for proper viewing.)