There is a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute that has been flying under world radar because it is between two developing countries, the Philippines and Thailand and a "sin product", being cigarettes. "Thailand — Customs and...
On February 1, 2010, Vietnam filed its first dispute with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in respect of United States' antidumping measures against certain frozen and canned warmwater shrimp....
In Davos on January 28, 2010, Canada's Prime Minister Harper used the term "enlightened sovereignty" in a speech. He stated:
“But ladies and gentlemen, in that brief parting of the veil, I saw world leadership at its best, a...
According to the Yemen News Agency, representatives from Canada and Yemen met on the week-end and the countries will soon sign a bilateral agreement concerning Yemen's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). ...
The President has now signed into law
H.R. 4282, which, among other things, extends the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) programs from December 31, 2009, to December 31, 2010. If...
Although it has been the subject of some media coverage, we are pleased to provide the following reminder as to the commencement of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement ("AANZFTA") on 1 January 2010.
The AANZFTA...
According to a media release of 25 October 2009 from the Australian Trade Minister, it has been agreed that the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement will come into force on 1 January 2010 following discussion between...
Space.com reported last week that 40 years ago, the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through U.S. Customs upon returning from the moon. Please go to the following link to read the full article -...
The short answer is that the suspension of the U.S. duty waiver for goods from Bolivia may be inconsistent with WTO rules. Bolivia is a developing country (but is not a least developed country). As a result, the WTO...
The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Committee of the World Trade Organization is looking at the question of whether responses by member countries qualify as non-tariff barriers.
The WTO blurb mentions: Exporting countries...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) contains Buy American provisions which are backfiring with our trading partners and causing lots of domestic complications. The Recovery Act holds that so long...
In March, there was a conference in Portland under the name COOL Cargoes Conference. It was subtitled "Linking up the Cold Chain" and focused on temperature controlled cargo. Its main themes, given that the topic was...
Many companies have not been watching the climate change talks under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) because there has been little publicly available information to review....
On May 12, 2009, the WTO Council for Trade in Goods announced that the goods waiver allowing developed countries to unilaterally reduce duties on imports of goods from lesser developed countries was being extended for 10 more...
In August 2008, there were announcements that Australia and New Zealand had struck a deal to establish a Free Trade Agreement with the ASEAN nations ("AANZFTA"). We issued an update which can be found on our website.
In...
Canada's Minister of International Trade is in China on a trade mission. Minister Stockwell Day said "I am here [in China] to demonstrate that Canada views China as a key economic partner."
The focus is on two-way...
