In the September 3, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:

The European Commission has posted a report on the key sustainability issues that will be considered and methodologies that will be employed in conducting the Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) of the EUCanada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The report includes an overview the negotiations to date, a description of the impact assessment, factors inhibiting trade between the EU and Canada, etc.

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has announced that the opening of the "Merida Initiative" Bilateral Implementation Office in Mexico City. This facility is for ongoing consultation by both governments to work on Merida Initiative programs to create a secure, 21st century border infrastructure, disrupt the capacity of organized crime to operate, institutionalize the capacity to sustain rule of law, and build strong and resilient communities.

Mexico's Diario Oficial of September 1, 2010 lists a notice from the Secretary of the Economy that affects international trade, as follows:

The ASEAN Economic Ministers have posted a joint statement on their recent Minister's meeting. They note that as of January 1, 2010, 99.65% of all tariff lines under the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (CEPTAFTA) have been eliminated. They add that for the newer ASEAN Member States -- Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam, 98.96% of total tariff lines are now within the 0-5% range.

In the September 1, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:

The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi reports that a team of U.S. government officials was in India from August 30 to September 1, 2010 to discuss ways forward in the Doha negotiation round of the World Trade Organization.

The United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has made available its August 13, 2010 updated list of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban and assets freeze imposed by paragraphs 13 and 15 of resolution 1596 (2005) as renewed by paragraph 3 of resolution 1896 (2009).

With thousands of people forced into labor, servitude or the sex trade each year, the United Nations General Assembly formally launched the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons on August 31, 2010, one month after its adoption as a consensus resolution outlining the terms of the Plan. “With this Global Action Plan, the UN has announced its steadfast commitment to stop human trafficking,” said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The release states that human trafficking was among the worst human rights violations and constituted “slavery in the modern age”. No country was immune — almost all played a part, either as a source of trafficked people, transit point or destination.

In the September 2, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted: