Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
The U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) has issued a Textile Development Memo stating that on October 27, 2004, domestic groups filed a seventh China textile safeguard petition, this time for combed cotton yarn (Cat 301). (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/22/04 news, 04102215, for BP summary of the Office of Textiles and Apparel's (OTEXA's) list of recently filed petitions for China safeguard quotas.) (TDM, dated 10/28/04, www.usaita.com)
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1. USA-ITA Says Another Petition for China Safeguard Quota Filed
2. WCO Inaugurates Training Center at Academy of Customs, Excise, and Narcotics in India
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has posted to its Web site the WCO Deputy Secretary General's address at the inauguration of the WCO Regional Training Center at the National Academy of Customs, Excise, and Narcotics (NACEN) in Faridabad, India. (Deputy Secretary General's address, dated 10/05/04, available at http://www.wcoomd.org/ie/En/en.html)
3. DHS and German Interior Ministry Co-Host Cyber Security Conference
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a press release announcing that on October 20- 22, 2004 it co-hosted a multilateral conference on international cyber security cooperation with the German Interior Ministry in Berlin. The conference included delegations from 15 countries and represented a significant collaborative effort on the need for an international framework for cyber information sharing and incident response. (DHS Press Release dated 10/27/04, available at http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=4077)
4. U.S. and Russia Conclude Discussions on Russia's IPR Protection Efforts
The Washington Trade Daily (WTD) reports that two days of technical discussions between the U.S. and Russia on the latter's intellectual property rights (IPR) protection efforts concluded on October 26, 2004. The WTD reports that both sides said progress has been made in elevating the importance of IPR protection in Russia; however, U.S. officials say Russia's enforcement is still lacking. (WTD Pub 10/28/04, available at www.washingtontradedaily.com)