U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
Notable CROSS rulings
The World Trade Organization (WTO) posted the following notices from July 17-18 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):
“Export Control Reform has not stalled…and our goal is in sight” said Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro in his opening remarks at the Bureau of Industry and Security’s annual Update 2012 Conference on Export Controls and Policy. “Come January, we will either have crossed the goal line,” or whoever replaces the officials in the next administration will “dive into the end zone and do a touchdown dance,” he said. BIS Under Secretary Eric Hirschhorn also addressed recent Congressional activity on Export Control Reform (ECR) in his opening remarks, and outlined the Obama administration’s second-term priorities for ECR.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 13 with 282 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 173,094. The most recent ruling is dated 7/13/2012 12:00:00 AM.
A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel found some aspects of China’s requirements for electronic payment services to be inconsistent with its WTO obligations in the panel’s report in China — Certain Measures Affecting Electronic Payment Services (DS413). While the panel said there was not enough evidence to establish that UnionPay maintains an across-the-board monopoly over provision of electronic payment services, it said UnionPay does maintain a monopoly in certain situations that violates China’s market access commitments. The panel also said, among other things, that requirements that all payment cards bear the UnionPay label violates national treatment obligations.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 5 with 97 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 171,929. The most recent ruling is dated 6/29/2012 12:00:00 AM.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated June 26 with 188 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 171,843. The most recent ruling is dated 6/22/2012 12:00:00 AM.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated on June 16 at 8 a.m. with 174 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 171708. The most recent ruling is dated June 15, 12:00 a.m.
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said a negotiating team led by USTR reached an agreement with Mauritius on a set of non-binding trade-related principles for information and communication technology (ICT) services. The U.S. and Mauritius will jointly promote the adoption of these principles by other countries.