TPP Negotiators Announce Dates Of July San Diego Round; Tout Progress
DALLAS -- Officials from countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks this week announced that the U.S. will host the next round of negotiations in San Diego, Calif., on July 2-10 without any intersessional meetings before then, and said they had made greater progress than expected at the 12th round of talks held here over the past two weeks.
House Approves Export Control Reform Curbs, Eases Satellite Controls
U.S. Hits Chinese Panels With Hefty Duties; Finds 'Critical Circumstances'
Appeals Court Remands GPX Case To CIT To Review New Law's Constitutionality
In a surprise decision that leaves the ultimate status of more than 25 active U.S. countervailing duty (CVD) orders unresolved despite the passage of bipartisan legislation aimed at preserving them, a federal appeals court last week declined to overturn the retroactive application of its December 2011 ruling that the Commerce Department cannot apply countervailing duties against imports from non-market economies (NMEs).
Agriculture, Food Industry Seek WTO-Plus Rules For TPP SPS Chapter
DALLAS — U.S. agriculture and food producers for the first time have publicly detailed their recommendations for how the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) chapter on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures should go beyond World Trade Organization rules.
Brady Says Russia MFN Vote This Year Depends On White House Effort
House Ways and Means trade subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) yesterday (May 15) said the White House must significantly step up its lobbying effort among both Democrats and Republicans in Congress if it wants to secure a congressional vote this year to remove Russia from the Jackson-Vanik amendment.
Senate Sends Ex-Im Deal To Obama After Defeating Five GOP Amendments
The Senate today (May 15) concluded a months-long struggle over the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, approving a House-passed bill to renew the bank's charter with a 78-20 vote following the defeat of five Republican amendments that would have placed new restrictions on the bank's activities.
De Gucht Says U.S.-EU Trade Deal Must Address State Procurement, Services Rules
European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht late last week laid out his blueprint for a deal to deepen U.S.-EU trade and investment ties, saying it must be comprehensive, yield more access to U.S. state-level government procurement; create a new framework for cooperation on state and federal regulations of services; and have a strong tariff component -- though not necessarily complete tariff elimination.
TPP Partners Willing To Discuss Scope Of U.S. Labor Text; Enforceability Is Major Hurdle
DALLAS — Negotiations here last week on the labor chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement yielded some progress in that several countries, including Vietnam, appear more open to discussing the scope of labor obligations as proposed by the United States, although Vietnam and Brunei remain cool to making those obligations subject to binding dispute settlement, according to informed sources.
- USTR Releases Summary Of Draft TPP Tobacco Proposal
- U.S., Korea Establish Rules For Dispute Settlement Procedure Under FTA, Joint Committee Meetings
- CSI Unveils Cross-Border Data Flow Proposal For TPP
- Commerce Issues Preliminary Dumping Margins In Chinese Solar Cell Investigation
- Ways And Means Trade Subcommittee Examines Customs Modernization In Hearing With Government Officials
- Administration Unveils Proposed Revision Of USML Category Covering Auxiliary Military Equipment
- U.S., Korea, Conclude First Session Of Joint FTA Committee; Set Meeting Dates For Lower Working Groups
- WTO Members Set To Begin Talks On Expansion Of ITA Product Coverage
- Appellate Body Upholds Mexican Victory In Tuna Labeling Dispute With U.S.; Changes Basis For Ruling
- Bipartisan Group Of 44 Senators Call On Reid To Bring Farm Bill To The Floor
- Solar Coalition Expects 'Critical Circumstances' Finding In Forthcoming Commerce Decision In SolarWorld Case
- Stakeholders Offer Comments To USDA On Proposed BSE Rule
- Fifty-One House Members Endorse EU-U.S. Trade Effort In Letter To Obama
- WTO Appellate Body Rules For Mexico In Tuna Fight, But For New Reasons
The World Trade Organization Appellate Body this week ruled in favor of Mexico's complaint against a U.S. labeling requirement for dolphin-safe tuna, but did so for different legal reasons than an earlier panel that also had handed Mexico a victory in the decades-old dispute. - U.S. Enters Untested Legal Waters In Challenge Of India's Poultry Ban
The request for a dispute settlement panel submitted late last week by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in a challenge against Indian import restrictions on American poultry products is based primarily on overarching claims that India's ban is not based on sound science but also includes charges of violations that legal experts said appeared unique in the history of World Trade Organization case law.
- Kirk, Bryson Name Leadership Of Interagency Trade Enforcement Center
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk on May 14 named Principal Deputy General Counsel Brad Ward, who is also the assistant U.S. trade representative for monitoring and enforcement, to be the director of the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC), according to informed sources. - CAFC Remands GPX Case To CIT To Review New Law's Constitutionality
In a surprise decision that leaves the ultimate status of more than 25 active U.S. countervailing duty (CVD) orders unresolved despite the passage of bipartisan legislation aimed at preserving them, a federal appeals court last week declined to overturn the retroactive application of its December 2011 ruling that the Commerce Department cannot apply countervailing duties against imports from non-market economies (NMEs).
- PhRMA Study Examines Foreign Governments' Efforts To Grow Domestic Biopharmaceutical Sector
- Satellite Industry Hails House Passage Of NDAA With Export Control Amendment Attached
- Xinhua Reports MOFCOM Rolls Out New Export Quotas For Rare Earths
- Commerce Amends Procedures For Revocation Of AD, CVDs
- Korea Will Not Seek Renegotiation Of Investor-State In KORUS: Minister
South Korean Trade Minister Bark Taeho today (May 16) said his government will not seek a renegotiation of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause contained in the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement, even though Korean President Lee Myung-bak promised last year to do so amid strong political opposition to ratifying the deal. - Mexico Hopes For 'Positive Signal' On TPP Entry At APEC Ministerial
A senior Mexican trade official yesterday (May 17) said his government is hoping that a meeting of trade ministers next month in Kazan, Russia, will deliver a "positive signal" from the United States and other countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations regarding Mexico's potential participation in the talks.
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