Are you goods subject to dumping duties?
If you are wondering whether goods coming to the U.S. are subject to antidumping duties, there is information available from the U.S. government which will help. See...
Lack of Records Leads to Large Judgment
Purely Juice is a pomegranate juice manufacturer based in California. It was ordered to pay a $1.5 million judgment to a competitor for false and misleading claims. Claiming that its suppliers had given it faulty Certificates of...
India Said It Would Accept Special Abuse / Misuse Proposal Regarding Special Ag. Safeguard
It was reported today by Forbes online that India's Trade Minister Nath had said India was willing to accept a proposal to a dispute settlement mechanism to prevent the misuse and abuse of the special agricultural safeguard...
Not Ready to Compromise: WTO July Talks End Without Convergence
The “Doha Round” of multilateral trade talks at the World Trade Organization lapsed back into limbo on July 29, 2008 as an informal meeting of Ministers did not end in the acceptance of the compromise "package of elements".
If...
Developing Countries Need to Prepare Agricultural Safeguard Mechanism
The developing countries will have a lot of hard work to do to prepare the special agricultural safeguard mechanism that will be needed if the Doha Round is completed. If the "package of elements" relating to agriculture...
Korea and U.S. Beef Problem
I was in Seoul, South Korea last week with the American Bar Association ILEX trip and we learned first hand about the anti-U.S beef sentiment in Korea. This is a divisive issue in Korea and may stop the Korea - U.S. Free...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Priorities
On its website, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has clearly articulated its trade priorities for the current fiscal year. In alphabetical order, they are:
1) Agriculture;
2) Antidumping and Countervailing...
Canada Announces Proposed Labelling Guidelines for Claims on Food Products as "Made in Canada"
On May 21, 2008, Prime Minister Harper announced that Canada would introduce new food labelling guidelines covering when food products may be labelled as "Made in Canada" or "Product of Canada". Affected parties may submit...
Canada is Unhappy with Parts of Latest Draft WTO Agriculture Text
On May 21, 2008, Canada's Minister of Agriculture issued a press release voicing some of Canada's concerns with the revised draft modalities for agriculture dated 19 May 2008. The bottom line is that Canada has various...
Hawaii Starts Produce Track and Trace Program
Partnering with the Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture, Motorola Inc., Lowry Computer Products Inc. and GlobeRanger Inc. are providing the technology for a tracking program which will kick off a pilot project to track tomatoes and other...
Food and Drug Administration Wants Input Re Food Safety
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Protection Plan was released in November 2007. Against the backdrop of the publicity surrounding tainted food from China (and there is, of course, tainted food coming from other...
Fruit and vegetable origin rules deadline
Effective September 30, 2008, all fruits and vegetables (and other named commodities) sold in the U.S. will have to be marked with their country of origin.
In 2002, the Farm Act amended the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to...
The EU Roars Back at the Latest WTO Doha Agriculture Draft
On February 18, 2008, the article reproduced in full below appeared in Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper. The article reports on the very negative response by a majority of the EU countries the Revised Draft Modalities for...
Canada Supports the Continuation of the WTO Special Agricultural Safeguard
On February 7, 2008, the Government of Canada announced that it intends to proceed with finalizing the operationalization of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Special Agricultural Safeguard for supply-managed goods. The...
Canada Starts 30 Day Consultation with Interested Parties on New Food and Consumer Safety Legislation
On January 15, 2008, Canada's Department of Health and Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced that they would consult with interested parties on the proposed Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan. Prime...
More Advance Data Elements Required - 10 + 2 Formally Proposed
Carrying out the mandate of Congress in the SAFE Port Act to obtain more data elements prior to the arrival of shipments, Customs published its Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) regarding 10 + 2 in the Federal Register on...
