Export Compliance Daily is providing readers with some of the top stories for Sept. 9-13 in case they were missed.

A recently reached U.S.-Japan free trade deal makes up 90 percent of the losses farmers experienced because the U.S. dropped out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, during a Sept. 17 call with reporters. "I haven’t seen anything on paper, but according to [the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative], it puts us on this level playing field with our trading partners," he said.

The International Chamber of Commerce is urging the World Trade Organization to permanently ban tariffs on “cross-border data flows” as a temporary ban moves closer to expiration, the ICC said in a Sept. 17 report.

World Customs Organization Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya met with Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan and other officials while in Washington Sept. 12 and 13, the WCO said in a news release. Mikuriya "had separate meetings with the Department of State, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the Department of the Treasury, and the White House National Security Council and National Economic Council" and "they all expressed their appreciation for the work undertaken by the WCO." He also "interacted" with U.S. Council for International Business CEO Peter Robinson.

The United Kingdom’s HM Revenue & Customs issued two guidance documents Sept. 16 highlighting special tariff classification and customs procedures that allow importers to delay or save on duty payments. One guidance lists situations wherein importers may pay a reduced rate of duty, such as re-importation of goods previously exported, importation for processing or repair, educational and cultural goods, medical goods, and printed and promotional goods, among other things. A second details ways in which importers can avoid immediately paying duties, such as through a duty deferment account, warehousing, temporary imports or moving through under union transit.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Sept. 16 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service released on Sept. 13 a report on China’s second round of tariff exclusions, including a list of eligible products, eligible applicants, how to apply for exemptions and their scope of eligibility. The report includes translations of the more than 400 tariff lines of U.S. agricultural goods that are eligible for exemption. Applications for exclusions are being accepted by China's Ministry of Finance through Oct. 18, 2019.

President Donald Trump renewed for one year authorities under the Trading With the Enemy Act with respect to Cuba, the White House said Sept. 13. The authorities, implemented by the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, block certain trade between U.S. and Cuba. They had been set to expire Sept. 14.

The State Department approved two potential sales of military goods to Morocco worth more than a combined $950 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Sept. 12. The first sale involves $776 million worth of “various TOW-2A missiles” and the second sale includes $209 million worth of F-16 ammunition, the DSCA said. The contractor for the first sale is Raytheon Missile Systems. The contractors for the second sale are Raytheon USA, Orbital ATK, General Dynamics, Kilgore Cheming Groupe, Cheming Groupe and Kaman Precision Products, the DSCA said.

The Aerospace Industries Association released its 2019 Facts & Figures report, saying aerospace and defense exports have steadily increased despite international market uncertainty. The report said an increasing demand for commercial aircraft, combined with emerging “markets and routes,” has caused exports to grow. This has been buoyed by a “rise in geopolitical threats” that has led to “increased spending on a global scale as allies in foreign markets continue to procure cutting-edge American technology.” The AIA expects growth to continue as U.S. allies, including those in East Asia and Europe, “increase their defense budgets to address common national security concerns.”