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1. CPSC Continues to Target Unsafe Consumer Products, Provides Guidance on CPSIA Testing and Certification Requirements
As in previous years, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled a large and diverse number of consumer products during the first ten months of 2009...
20 Nov 2009
2. CPSC Issues Statement of Policy on Lead Testing
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a statement of policy regarding the testing and certification of children’s products for compliance with the lead content limits established in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008...
6 Nov 2009
3. Trade Remedy Actions against Mainland Chinese Products on the Rise
A thorough analysis of the number and scope of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations initiated and completed by the Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission over this past year shows that Washington has significantly stepped up its trade remedy activities against mainland Chinese products and that it has been targeting a relatively broad range of products.
23 Oct 2009
4. Court Ruling May Affect DOC’s Ability to Simultaneously Apply AD and CV Duties in Proceedings Involving Non-Market Economies
In a decision that could have a significant impact on trade remedy cases against mainland China, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled on 18 September that if the Department of Commerce wants to continue imposing both antidumping and countervailing duties on goods from non-market economy countries it must develop additional policies and procedures for doing so...
9 Oct 2009
5. U.S. Imposes Safeguard Duties on Tyre Imports from China; Safeguard Petitions on Other Products Likely
President Obama issued a proclamation on 17 September imposing safeguard duties effective from 26 September on imports of mainland Chinese new pneumatic rubber tyres of a kind used on motor cars (except racing cars) and on-the-highway light lorries, vans and sport utility vehicles, classified under HTSUS subheadings 4011.10.10, 4011.10.50, 4011.20.10 and 4011.20.50...
25 Sept 2009
6. USDA Revises Import Declaration Enforcement Schedule for Plant Products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued recently a notice modifying the schedule of enforcement of the import declaration requirement under the amendments to the Lacey Act that were enacted into law in 2008...
11 Sept 2009
7. U.S. Launches Review of Export Control Regime
The U.S. government has launched a comprehensive review of its domestic export control regime that could eventually result in the adoption of wide-ranging changes to existing requirements on exports of defence goods and high-technology civilian goods that could be used for military means (dual-use goods), including exports to mainland China...
28 Aug 2009
8. CPSIA Lead Content and Tracking Label Requirements to Enter into Force 14 August
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese exporters should be aware that several significant requirements included in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 are slated to enter into force on 14 August. First and foremost, the lead content limit for products designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger will be lowered from 600 parts per million to 300 ppm, effective with respect to products sold on or after that date...
14 Aug 2009
9. USTR Unveils New Trade Enforcement Initiatives
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk reaffirmed the Obama administration’s commitment to level the global playing field for U.S. workers and businesses by pursuing a more robust trade enforcement policy framework during a 16 July speech at a steel manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania...
31 July 2009
10. House Passes Climate Change Bill, Obama Sceptical of Import Tariffs
The House of Representatives passed on 26 June by a vote of 219-212 a comprehensive climate change bill that, among other things, allows for the imposition of tariffs on certain imported goods. According to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the climate change bill (H.R. 2454) includes the following provisions...
17 July 2009
11. Congress Moving Quickly to Overhaul Imported Food Safety System
After enacting a sweeping overhaul of U.S. consumer product safety laws in 2008, the U.S. Congress has turned its attention this year to updating the statutory framework for food safety. Incidents involving food and food ingredient products from China...
3 July 2009
12. Several States Ban Use of Lead-Containing Wheel Weights; Vermont Enacts Flame Retardant Prohibition
U.S. states have implemented a broad range of policies in recent months and years aimed at improving the safety and lessening the environmental footprint of consumer and industrial products. Not satisfied with the considerable progress achieved so far, regulators and legislators in California, Washington, Vermont and other environmentally-conscious states are...
19 June 2009
13. Duty-Free Treatment for Least-Developed Country Imports under Consideration; China’s Competitiveness May Be Affected in Certain Products
California Senator Dianne Feinstein (Democrat) introduced legislation on 21 May that would provide duty-free treatment through 31 December 2019 to apparel imports from least-developed countries that do not receive benefits under other U.S. preferential duty programmes, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Laos, Maldives...
5 June 2009
14. Watchdog Groups Continue to Target Hazardous Chemicals in Consumer Products under California’s Proposition 65 Regulations
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese exporters should be aware that a number of watchdog groups and private citizens continue to target hazardous chemicals in consumer products under California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (commonly known as Proposition 65), a trend that is expected to persist and possibly intensify and affect a broader range of products in the future...
22 May 2009
15. Rise of Protectionism Could Further Dampen World Trade in 2009
Recent forecasts by the World Trade Organisation, the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development foretell a marked deceleration in international trade this year as a result of the global economic downturn.
8 May 2009
 
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