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The following is excerpted from a 19 November 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.The World Customs Organization (WCO) welcomes the adoption in Seoul, Korea by the Parties to the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control of the new international treaty…
The following is excerpted from a 21 November 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.Norway has contributed NOK 3.5 million (approximately CHF 578,000) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) and the WTO Trade Facilitation Negotiating Group Fund. Norway is one of the biggest…
The following is excerpted from a 19 November 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.The “International Trade and Market Access” interactive tool, launched by the WTO on 19 November 2012, provides a new dynamic presentation for all WTO data on merchandise and commercial services trade as…
The following is excerpted from a 20 November 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.More than 941 parcels containing drugs or precursor chemicals were seized in the course of a Customs enforcement operation targeting postal and express mail channels, resulting in the discovery by…
The following is from the 20 November 2012 edition of American Shipper.The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Monday hosted the first meeting of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Commission (FTC), the body responsible for supervising the implementation of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion…
The following is excerpted from a 21 November 2012 report by the World Trade Organization.The second review of the trade policies and practices of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda takes place on 21 and 23 November 2012. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a…
The following is excerpted from a 19 November 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.At the Dispute Settlement Body meeting on 19 November 2012, Australia rejected the first request for a panel made by Honduras on Australia’s measures concerning trademarks, geographical indications and other…
The following is excerpted from a 14 November 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.Actual or potential violations of subsidy or market access commitments for rice, sugar and horticultural products by Costa Rica, Thailand, the EU and Indonesia featured in the WTO Agriculture Committee…
The following is from the 19 November 2012 edition of the Journal of Commerce.Negotiations to form the world’s largest trade bloc will start next April.The proposed ASEAN Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (ARCEP) would form a single market linking the 10 nations of the Association of…