The International Air Transport Association announced that international traffic results for October 2010 show a 14.4% year-on-year increase for international freight. According to IATA's Director General and CEO, it remains to be seen if this growth represents a stabilization in freight volumes or the start of an upward trend.

At the invitation of Chairman Mohamed Zemam of Yemen Customs, World Customs Organization Secretary General Mikuriya visited Yemen from November 26-28, 2010. After onsite visits to the airport in Sana’a, capital of Yemen, and the maritime port in Aden, he held a series of meetings with Customs management, and political and business leaders to discuss ways to enhance the capacity of Customs in securing and facilitating global trade, taking into consideration the recent discovery of explosives in air cargo departing from Yemen.

The Government of Canada issued the following releases on November 26, 2010:

The Government of Canada issued the following releases on November 25, 2010:

The Government of Canada issued the following releases on November 23, 2010:

In the November 24, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:

In the November 23, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:

A senior Ministry of Commerce (MOC) official from China recently reiterated that China will provide fair treatment to all firms - both foreign-funded and domestic - in developing its green economy. The Chinese government will continue to stick to the mutually beneficial opening-up policy and ensure fair competition for foreign-funded firms' investments in China.

The European Commission has adopted the sixteenth update of the list of airlines banned in the European Union. All air carriers certified in Afghanistan and Mauritania Airways are banned. One air carrier certified in Kyrgyzstan and one in Gabon are also added to the list, while nine Kazakh operators were removed from the list and operating restrictions modified for one Ghanaian operator.

The International Organization for Standardization and the International Accreditation Forum have issued a joint statement to clarify that the newly published ISO 26000 standard on social responsibility is not able to be and may not be used for certification. Further, the two organizations indicate that they will take action against claims of certification to the standard. The organizations explain that ISO 26000 provides guidance on what social responsibility is and how organizations can operate in a socially responsible manner. However, it is not a management standard and does not contain requirements against which an organization or its management system could be audited and certified.