Jan. 8 USA-ITA Seminar on Retailing in China, noon, PwC, 300 Madison Avenue, New York -- http://www.usaita.com/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=141&reset=1&id=34
Jan. 8 USA-ITA Seminar on Retailing in China, noon, PwC, 300 Madison Avenue, New York -- http://www.usaita.com/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=141&reset=1&id=34
The recent list of accomplishments as part of the U.S.-Canada "Beyond the Border" action plan points to good work by both governments in improving trade processing between the countries, said the Express Association of America (EAA) in a statement. “The progress we see on implementing the Beyond the Border Action Plan is very encouraging,” said Michael Mullen, Executive Director of the EAA. “The agreement has very ambitious deadlines for establishing new trade facilitation measures, but both Governments are fully engaged in meeting the targets."
The U.S. economy “has been marked by slow but steady recovery and some rebalancing since the last Review,” said the World Trade Organization in its trade policy review of the U.S. “Merchandise and services trade figures have rebounded significantly since the 2009 financial crisis and have now reached new peak levels, surpassing previous 2008 peak levels,” it said. While import policy has remained “relatively static” since the last WTO review in 2010, the U.S. has launched several export initiatives, including the National Export Initiative, and Export Control Reform. Preferential trade and Free Trade Agreements account for a large and growing share of U.S. trade, the report said.
Jan. 8 USAITA Seminar on Retailing in China, noon, PwC, 300 Madison Avenue, New York -- http://www.usaita.com/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=141&reset=1&id=34
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for Dec. 3-7 in case they were missed.
The legislation introduced Dec. 7 by House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) to modernize CBP and other customs-related agencies would set a minimum standard for the amount of information customs brokers would be required to collect about an importer.
CBP is moving toward mutual recognition with Israel, the agency said in a press release. CBP Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar and Israeli Customs Director General Doron Arbely signed a joint work plan, said CBP Dec. 7. The work plan establishes a pathway to signing a mutual recognition agreement between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and the Israeli Tax Authority’s Authorized Economic Operator Program.
Dec. 10-11 Practising Law Institute seminar on Coping with Export Controls 2012, Ritz Carlton, Washington, D.C. -- http://www.pli.edu/Content/Seminar/Coping_with_U_S_Export_Controls_2012/_/N-4kZ1z132fy?ID=144274
CBP will hold the 2013 C-TPAT Conference January 8-10, 2013 in the Washington, DC area. The three-day seminar that will be divided into two sessions, one general session day and two workshop days, said CBP. The conference registration will open at noon on Dec. 5. Registration is (here).