The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by September 15, 2004 regarding a "commercial availability" petition it received under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) from Textiles Erre Emme Ltda of Bogota, Colombia:

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued The Year in Trade 2003, an annual review of U.S. trade-related activities during 2003. According to the ITC, this report covers major multilateral, regional, and bilateral developments that occurred during 2003, as follows:

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has instituted an investigation entitled Logistic Services: An Overview of the Global Market and Potential Effects of Removing Trade Impediments, as requested by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

The Journal of Commerce Online (JoC Online) reports that a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panel has ruled for the third time that the International Trade Commission (ITC) has failed to prove that imports of Canadian softwood lumber are harming U.S. industry, and has ordered the ITC to stop contesting the rulings and instead act to end the ongoing dispute. (JoC Online Pub 09/01/04, www.joc.com)

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice requesting public comments by September 15, 2004 regarding two "commercial availability" petitions it received under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) on behalf of Fishman & Tobin:

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a report entitled The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints, the fourth update in a series of biennial reports to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) concerning Investigation No. 332-325.

Washington Trade Daily reports that on August 30, 2004 the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body upheld an earlier ruling by a WTO Dispute Settlement Panel that dismissed U.S. unfair trade allegations against Canada's Wheat Board. (In April 2004, the WTO Dispute Settlement Panel agreed with the U.S. that Canada's grain distribution system was unfair and violates Canada's WTO obligations, but found against the U.S. with respect to its claims that certain practices of the CWB are unfair.) (WTD dated 08/31/04, www.washingtontradedaily.com.)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective September 29, 2004, which amends 19 CFR Parts 12 and 24 in order to eliminate the patent survey program.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has recently posted to its Web site an updated list of current antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders.

The International Trade Comission (ITC) has issued a limited exclusion order in its section 337 consolidated investigation of certain display controllers and products containing same and certain display controllers with upscaling functionality and products containing same. The ITC has also announced that these consolidated investigations are terminated.