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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 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.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 an 18 November 2012 article by the International Chamber of Commerce.Business leaders from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) gathered in Doha today to provide regional input on the recommendations of the Business World Trade Agenda, an initiative launched by the…
The following is excerpted from a 16 November 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.Consultations on a proposal for managing quotas for lower-tariff imports have shown that agriculture negotiators consider an early deal in their subject to be crucial if similar efforts are to succeed in…
The following is excerpted from the 16 November 2012 edition of Industry Week.The nation had appealed a World Trade Organization finding that Chinese duties on certain US steels breached international trade rules.China said Friday it would change its restrictive policy on certain steel imports from…