On June 19, 2008, the House Committee of Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on "Federal Maritime Commission Management and Regulation of International Shipping."
On June 28, 2008, the U.S. and Canada signed a mutual recognition arrangement agreeing to mutual standards for Canada's Partners in Protection (PIP) and the U.S.' Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) programs.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its "ACE Workplan Schedule," which provides a list of the changes and/or fixes to the Automated Commercial Environment and other systems it interfaces with that were scheduled for deployment on May 31, 2008 and June 21, 2008.
Yahoo! News Canada reports that South Korea says it will move slowly in allowing back U.S. beef imports so as to calm an angry public that has staged mass street protests for weeks against the product. (The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on June 21, 2008 that the two countries had reached a commercial understanding that only U.S. beef from cattle under 30 months of age will be shipped to Korea as a "transitional" measure, to improve Korean confidence in U.S. beef.) (Yahoo! News Canada, dated 06/23/08, available at http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080623/world/international_korea_usa_beef_dc)
Treasury Secretary Paulson will attend a day of meetings hosted by theMexican Finance Minister on Tuesday to discuss regional finance and economic issues. (Treasury Dept. press release, HP-1045, dated 06/19/08, available at http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1045.htm)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted four informed compliance publications that were revised in June 2008.
Seeking to breathe life into a declining market, Mitsubishi will launch joint promotions with Aspen Media and Nvidia highlighting its 3D-capable DLP-based rear-projection TVs, Mitsubishi executives said at a New York media briefing Monday.
In U.S. v. Optrex America Inc., the Court of International Trade found that Optrex1 failed to exercise reasonable care in classifying certain Liquid Crystal Display products (LCDs) and is subject to 1592 penalties for such negligence.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ACE Portal Accounts and ACE Reports CSMS message announcing that the following ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) Account Revenue report enhancements have been made to improve performance:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an "ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue at a Glance" fact sheet.