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Latest update: 3 Nov 2008 - Issue 22

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picture CPSC Clarifies Scope of New Safety Requirements for Consumer Products, Continues to Advance Implementation Process
One of the more significant provisions included in the recently enacted Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is the requirement that, effective for imported goods manufactured or produced on or after 12 November, every manufacturer of a product subject to any Consumer Product Safety Commission standard issue a certification stating the CPSC regulations that apply to the product and that the product complies with those regulations....

picture U.S. Mulling WTO Case against China's Textile Subsidies
Recent events indicate that the U.S. government is preparing a World Trade Organisation dispute settlement case to challenge a range of subsidies provided by the Chinese government to its domestic textile and apparel sector....

GAO Calls for Suspension of Programme to Facilitate High-Tech Exports to China
The Government Accountability Office has called on the Department of Commerce to suspend a programme designed to facilitate high-technology exports to China....

GSP Programme Could Undergo Substantial Changes in 2009
One of the most notable trade-related legislative highlights of the past six months was the enactment in mid-October of a bill that renewed and amended a number of provisions concerning U.S. uni-lateral trade preference programmes....

DOE Proposes New Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products
The Department of Energy is proposing to amend the minimum energy conservation standards for residential gas kitchen ranges and ovens, microwave ovens and commercial clothes washers....

Update on Mexico's Elimination of AD Duties on Chinese Products and Related Trade Actions
As previously reported, Mexico and China signed an agreement earlier this year under which Mexico committed to eliminate its AD duty orders on a broad range of mainland Chinese products....

Canada Eases Duties on Certain Imported Apparel
The Canada Border Services Agency recently issued a memorandum outlining and explaining the conditions under which importers may qualify for the duty remission on imported apparel available under the Outward Processing Remission Order, which took effect 1 May....

Argentina Erects Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers to Protect Domestic Industry
With protectionist sentiments clearly on the rise, the Argentinean government has implemented several tariff and non-tariff measures over the past month in an effort to further shield domestic producers from foreign competition and minimise any negative trade-related effects derived from the on-going global financial crisis....

Miscellaneous Canadian and Latin American AD/CV Actions on Chinese Products
Canada Issues Preliminary Determination in AD/CV Investigations of Aluminium Extrusions. On 17 October, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal issued a preliminary injury determination in its AD and CV investigations on imports of certain aluminium extrusions from mainland China....

CPSC Recalls Various Products Made in China
The CPSC has announced the following recalls of products made in mainland China....

Changes to Tariff Classification Rulings
CBP regularly revokes and modifies classification rulings on a wide range of products....

U.S. Executive Calendar
U.S. Executive Calendar...


AD/CV Notices

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USITC Notices

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USITC Notices
Final Affirmative AD Injury Determination on PET Film, Sheet and Strip....