In World Trade Organization Director-General Lamy's second annual report on accessions issued on December 8, 2010, he stated that 30 countries are in the process of acceding to the WTO. Ten formal accession Working Party meetings were held in 2010; these were for Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lao PDR, Serbia (two meetings), Seychelles, Tajikistan and Yemen (two meetings). Nine informal Working Party consultations/meetings were also held in 2010 for Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation (five meetings), Samoa and Yemen (two meetings).
The World Trade Organization posted the following notices for December 13, 2010 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):
The World Trade Organization panel examining “U.S. - Measures Affecting Imports of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from China” (DS399), has issued a report stating that in imposing the transitional safeguards measure on September 26, 2009 on imports of subject tires from China, the U.S. did not fail to comply with its WTO obligations.1
In the December 12, 2010 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 December 13, 2010:
In the December 10, 2010 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 December 10, 2010:
Mexico's Diario Oficial of December 9, 2010 lists a notice from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
Mexico's Diario Oficial of December 10, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The World Trade Organization posted the following notices for December 9, 2010 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):