The International Air Transport Association announces the fifth annual World Cargo Symposium 2011, "Air Cargo -- Connecting the World" on March 8-10, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Symposium comprises a half day plenary session focused on the needs of the customer, a Cargo Executive Summit of heads of cargo from the supply chain, 18 cargo industry meetings and 12 cargo forums taking place over three days.
The Working Group on Border Management established under the aegis of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) held its inaugural session at World Customs Organization headquarters on January 11-12, 2011. Co-chaired by the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and the WCO, the Working Group will compile a compendium of international instruments, standards, recommended practices and guidance material which will be made available to all UN Member States in support of their efforts to address terrorist threats at borders.
On January 14, 2011, China's Minister of Commerce Chen, spoke to the Symposium with Foreign International Enterprises on intellectual property rights (IPR) Protection, and stated that China would stand firm on IPR protection in order for China to be more innovative and to upgrade its economy.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of January 20, 2011 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The World Customs Organization has announced the 2011 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition entitled, "Cloud Computing: A New Era for Customs and Trade: How will this major technical innovation alter strategic thinking for Customs and its partners in the supply chain," on May 11-13, 2011 in Seattle, WA.
The World Trade Organization posted the following notices for January 20, 2011 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on January 20, 2011:
The Government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices on January 19, 2011:
In the January 20, 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 January 18-19, 2011: