The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission announces an open public hearing on May 20, 2010 in Washington, DC to address China’s emergent military aerospace and commercial aviation industry and its implications of its economic relationship with U.S. (FR Pub 04/29/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-10016.pdf)
The State Department announces that its Advisory Committee on Private International Law Study Group will meet on May 14, 2010 in Washington, DC to discuss the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Draft Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions and its treatment of security rights in intellectual property. (Public Notice 6971, FR Pub 04/29/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-10021.pdf)
The Food and Drug Administration is announcing the establishment of a docket to obtain data and other information on ways to enhance the usefulness to consumers of point-of-purchase nutrition information, such as information on the principal display panel of food products (front-of-pack labeling) or on shelf tags in retail stores. Comments are due by July 28, 2010. (D/N FDA-2010-N-0210, FR Pub 04/29/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-9939.pdf)
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announces that it has determined not to list any countries as denying fair market opportunities for U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in foreign government-funded airport construction projects, as it has not received any complaints or other such information. (FR Pub 04/28/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-9764.pdf)
The Agricultural Marketing Service is revising the U.S. voluntary standards for grades of olive oil, effective October 28, 2010, which includes updated terms consistent with objective criteria for determining quality and purity among the grades of olive oil and olive-pomace oil commonly accepted in the U.S. and abroad. (D/N AMS-FV-08-0073; FV-08-329, FR Pub 04/28/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-9866.pdf)
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a final rule, effective May 28, 2010, which amends the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow, under certain conditions, the importation of commercial shipments of fresh papayas from Colombia and Ecuador into the continental U.S. (D/N APHIS-2008-0050, FR Pub 04/28/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-9779.pdf)
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor” in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order’s duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued two proposed rules that would create mandatory safety standards for: (1) toddler beds; and (2) bassinets and cradles.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor” in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order’s duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
The International Trade Administration has initiated an anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate (CTL plate) are circumventing the AD duty order on CTL plate from China.