In the February 17, 2011 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted :
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
The Environmental Protection Agency is extending the comment period on its draft guidance document on endocrine screening for chemicals to February 3, 2011. Entities that could be potentially affected by the guidance include chemical, pesticide, and fertilizer importers.
At the December 20, 2010 fourth India-Russia Forum on Trade & Investment, officials from India and Russia discussed trade and cooperation in chemicals and fertilizers, industry, energy, etc. Among other things, both countries agreed on the need to facilitate the trade of goods, especially agriculture and animal products, and also called for necessary measures to be taken to enable export of meat products from India to Russia.
The CEA urged President Barack Obama to sign a bill that would “establish pilot projects in six federal courts to increase patent expertise among district court judges.” The fact that many judges “know little about patent law creates an especially fertile ground for frivolous litigation,” CEA said in a statement. HR-628 would “disincentivize lawsuits, reward innovation, and provide significant benefits to the U.S. economy."
The Consumer Electronics Association urged President Barack Obama to sign a bill that would “establish pilot projects in six federal courts to increase patent expertise among district court judges.” The fact that many judges “know little about patent law creates an especially fertile ground for frivolous litigation,” CEA said in a statement. HR-628, which has passed the House and Senate would “disincentivize lawsuits, reward innovation, and provide significant benefits to the U.S. economy."
Greenpeace investigations have found widespread environmental degradation, including high concentrations of heavy metals, and instances of child labor, in Xintang and Gurao, two textile factory towns in China’s Guangdong province.
The following are details of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s final rule, effective December 10, 2010, to amend its regulations governing the importation and interstate movement of noxious weeds.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
They're new opportunities as smart grid technology pairs telcos with energy companies, but there are also emerging fault lines and energy companies might well become the next big players in telco lobbying, executives said. “Electric utilities are the sleeping giants here,” e-Copernicus principal and former Rural Utilities Service administrator Chris McLean said.