Camp Open To GPX 'Fix' Legislation, Urges Exhaustion Of Legal Appeals
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) this week publicly expressed openness to considering targeted legislation that would allow the Commerce Department to impose countervailing duties (CVDs) on imports from non-market economies (NMEs), such as China, and thereby reverse a controversial appeals court ruling.
U.S., EU At Odds Over How To Move Forward With ITA Expansion Talks
Mexico Holds Intense TPP Talks With U.S., Hopes For Kirk Meeting Next Month
Finance Plans Russia MFN Hearing In March, Obama Briefly Mentions Russia
U.S., Indian Officials To Meet Next Month To Work On Nuke Liability Issue
U.S. and Indian officials will meet next month in New Delhi in order to discuss issues related to India's civil nuclear energy sector, including whether there is a way to address U.S. worries over an Indian liability law that is holding back U.S. companies from investing in India.
Obama Creates New Trade Enforcement Unit, Sees Fair And Open Trade As Hallmark Of Strong Economy
Updated: In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama last night (Jan. 24) highlighted open and fair trade as one element of his blueprint for an enduring American economy, and announced a new initiative to fight unfair trade practices in countries like China.
Court Grants One-Month Extension For GPX Rehearing Filing Deadline
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) yesterday (Jan. 24) granted the U.S. government a one-month extension of a Feb. 2 deadline by which it must file a petition for rehearing in a controversial case known as GPX International Tire Corporation v. United States.
Finance Plans Russia MFN Hearing For March, Hopes For Markup In April
The Senate Finance Committee plans to move forward this spring on controversial legislation that will allow President Obama to extend permanent most favored nation status to Russia, thereby permitting U.S. exporters to benefit from the concessions Russia made in the context of entering the World Trade Organization.
- European Parliament Trade Committee Votes To Increase U.S. Beef TRQ
- State Department Receives Input From Private Sector On Proposed USML Category XIX Rewrite
- European Commission Proposes New Trade Initiatives To Benefit Developing Countries
- U.S.-Japan Harmonization Initiative Yields Commitments On High-Tech Service, IPR Protection
- EU Signs ACTA In Tokyo Following Council Approval
- CSI Paper Details Support For Closed Services Plurilateral Agreement
- U.S.-China Commission Gathers Experts To Examine China's Natural Resource Acquisition Policies
- Russia's WTO Accession
Latest news regarding Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization
- TPP Agreement
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- Free Trade Agreements
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- Top U.S. Exports To Russia Will Have Longest Tariff Implementation Periods
An informal analysis of Russia's tariff reduction commitments as a new member of the World Trade Organization paints a mixed picture of the benefits of its accession to U.S. producers and exporters, with many of the top 10 products that America ships to Russia facing long duty phaseouts, and none of the tariffs dropping to zero immediately. - Russia ITA Tariff Eliminations Still To Come With Revised Tariff Schedules
In response to a question from Japan, the chairman of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) Committee yesterday (Jan. 19) announced that Russia has not yet informed the committee about its intent to make good on its commitment of joining the agreement, according to Geneva sources.
- Obama's Handling Of Trade Reorganization Raises Questions About Motive
The Obama administration's failure to give key congressional committees advance notice of its newly unveiled proposal to reorganize the trade agencies of the federal government has led some congressional aides on both sides of the aisle to conclude that the White House may be more interested in the political value of the proposal than in actually getting it approved by Congress this year. - Farm Bill Efforts In 2012 Will Be Dogged By Divisions, Election Politics
Efforts to write a new farm bill this year face a number of hurdles and will likely drag into 2013 despite the intense negotiations last fall among congressional farm policy leaders to reach a compromise on key issues as part of the now-defunct "super committee" process, according to farm lobbyists and congressional sources.
- Business Groups Generally Support Japan Joining TPP, But Some Cautious
In comments submitted last week to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), a range of U.S. business interests generally supported Japan joining the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, so long as Japan can live up to the high standard established by current partners, accepts the terms already negotiated, and would not slow down the pace of the talks. - U.S. To Host Informal TPP Meetings In California On Labor, Environment, IPR
The United States is hosting at least four separate informal meetings with other countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations starting on or after Jan. 31 in order to advance work in the areas of intellectual property rights, rules of origin, labor rights and environmental protections before the next full negotiating round in Australia in March.
Short Takes
01/25/2012U.S., Korean Officials To Discuss FTA Implementation This Week
Trade officials from the U.S. and South Korea will meet this week in Los Angeles to discuss the implementation of their bilateral free trade agreement, . . .
01/25/2012Obama Emphasizes Reorganization Effort, But Does Not Mention Trade Agencies
President Obama, during his State of the Union address yesterday (Jan. 24), reiterated his call for Congress to grant him new authority to reorganize executive . . .
01/24/2012Business Community Blasts USTR Relocation In Letter To Obama; NFTC Holds Off
More than eighty business and agricultural groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Farm Bureau Federation, today (Jan. 24) expressed their opposition . . .
TPP Negotiations
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USTR Involves More Senior-Level Officials In Coordinating TPP Talks
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has decided to more closely involve senior USTR officials in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, reflecting the fact that the ongoing talks are a priority for the administration and the fact that the United States and other TPP participants want to complete talks by the end of this year.
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