The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on February 2, 2011:

The World Customs Organization's Secretary General welcomes growing interest in a new tool to combat counterfeiting and piracy, Interface Public-Members (IPM), launched in June 2010. IPM consists of an online database enabling Rights Holders to provide Customs field officers with real-time data on their products as well as information making it possible to distinguish between “genuine” and “fake” goods. WCO expects up to 400 rights holders to have signed up to the IPM by the end of 2011 based on feedback obtained and agreements signed. (See ITT's Online Archives or 11/05/10 news, 10110512, for BP summary of this new tool.)

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has announced that in 2011, it will pay particular attention to the goals of the United Nations' 2011 International Year of Forests, and will be doing its best to further promote the important role of the Convention in achieving better forest management for the benefit of forest species and of the people who depend upon them.

On February 1, 2011, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Department of Defense’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) concluded a week-long cooperative border security workshop in Ghana. The workshop brought together experts from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the World Customs Organization, as well as customs, defense, police and other law enforcement experts and officials from seven West African countries to discuss ways to strengthen efforts to prevent the smuggling of nuclear and radiological materials.

China's Ministry of Culture has announced the launching of the "parental watch project" in the online games industry beginning March 1. The project will require online game companies to set up a web page, enquiry hotline and other special channels for parental supervision of their children. Also, the online game companies shall provide help to parents in supervising their children's online game accounts and preventing them from playing improper games, as part of the project.

The World Trade Organization posted the following notices for January 28 - 31, 2011 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):

In the February 1, 2011 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted :

The Government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices from January 31, 2011:

The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on January 31, 2011:

On January 31, 2011, the World Trade Organization panel examining the European Union’s complaints of U.S. government assistance to Boeing issued its confidential ruling to the parties in “U.S. - Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft” (DS353). This report is not expected to be available for a few weeks.