Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
On June 8, 2006, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Susan C. Schwab as the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Schwab replaces Rob Portman, who was recently confirmed by the Senate as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Congressional Record, 06/08/06, http://thomas.loc.gov.)
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1. Senate Confirms Susan Schwab as New USTR
2. FSIS Provides Additional Information for June 15th Codex Meeting
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a notice stating that it advertently left out certain information from its previous notice regarding a public meeting on June 15, 2006 in Washington, DC. The notice includes the previously omitted sections on Codex's Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants, food additives, etc. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/07/06 news, 06060799 3, for BP summary of FSIS's notice announcing the meeting on the Codex Alimentarius Commission Agenda. D/N FSIS-2006-0016, FR Pub 06/09/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-9050.pdf)
3. BIS Prohibits Swiss Telecom from Participating in Transactions Involving Software and Technology Exports from the U.S. for 10 Years
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued an order prohibiting, for a period of 10 years, Swiss Telecomm of Toronto, Ontario from directly or indirectly participating in any way in any transaction involving any commodity, software or technology exported or to be exported from U.S. that is subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) or in any other activity subject to the EAR. (D/N 05-BIS-18, FR Pub 06/07/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-5142.pdf)