The Government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices from February 4-6, 2011:
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has announced that on January 30, 2011, the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SA-WEN) was launched to bring together wildlife law enforcement agencies from eight South Asian countries, to improve coordination against wildlife criminals. The CITES Secretariat stated that South Asia suffers significantly from illegal trade in timber and many rare forms of plants and wildlife crime.
In the February 4, 2011 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted :
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on February 4, 2011:
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on February 3, 2011:
The Government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices from February 3, 2011:
As part of collecting information on Trans-Pacific Partnership issues, officials from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry are scheduled to travel to Brunei Darussalam (February 9) and Malaysia (February 10), in order to have consultations with both countries.
According to Gov.cn, China's Ministry of Commerce reported robust trade growth with emerging markets in 2010. China's trade with member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) increased 37.5 percent year on year in 2010. Its trade with Brazil climbed 47.5 percent year on year. In addition, Chinese trade with Russia expanded 43.1 percent year on year while that with South Africa grew 59.5 percent. Trade with India increased 42.4 percent year on year.
On February 1, 2011, the Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species spoke at the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Committee on Fisheries. He stated that CITES works under the guidance of an MoU with FAO concluded in 2006, that will soon be expanded to cover forestry and wildlife issues. He also stated that CITES could do more work on the criteria for species inclusion in CITES appendices, deleting certain "life-long" species listings, whether more fishery agencies should become management authorities under CITES, etc.
In the February 3, 2011 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted :