Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
The President of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America's (NCBFAA) has issued a letter to the Chair of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Subcommittee in the Office of the U.S Trade Representative (USTR) calling on the administration to work closely with Congress to ensure a timely, long-term renewal of the GSP beyond its December 31, 2006 expiration date. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/11/06 news, 06081110, for BP summary of USTR's request for comments on changes, etc. to the GSP program.)(NCBFAA letter, announcement dated 08/31/06, available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com)
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1. NCBFAA President Urges Long-Term Renewal of GSP
2. CBP Final Rule Regarding Import Restrictions on Archaeological Material from Cyprus
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective September 4, 2006, that amends 19 CFR Part 12 by reflecting that the bilateral agreement between Cyprus and the U.S. to impose certain import restrictions on archaeological material from Cyprus has been amended to include import restrictions which had previously been imposed on an emergency basis for certain Byzantine period ecclesiastical and ritual ethnological material. (D/N CBP-Dec. 06-22, FR Pub 08/31/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-7266.pdf)
3. Coalition Lobbies for Extension of AGOA Third Country Fabric Provision
A Coalition of businesses, trade associations, and non-governmental organizations in both the U.S. and Africa has requested that Congress extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act's (AGOA's) third country fabric provision until 2015. Currently, this provision is set to expire on September 30, 2007. (AGOA Extension and Enhancement Initiative Letter, dated 06/30/06, available via fax by emailing documents@brokerpower.com)
4. BIS Materials Committee Partially Open Meeting
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is announcing that its Materials Technical Advisory Committee will hold a partially open meeting on September 7, 2006 in Washington D.C. on the latest activities regarding the Chemicals Weapons Convention, among other things. (MTAC meeting notice, FR Pub 08/17/06, available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-6967.pdf )
5. Public Roundtable on WIPO Work on Broadcasting Organizations
The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is announcing that it and the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) will hold a public roundtable discussion on September 5, 2006 in Alexandria, VA concerning the work at the World Intellectual Property Organization in the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) on a proposed Treaty on the Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting Organizations. (PTO meeting notice, PTO-C-2006-0044, FR Pub 08/17/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-13680.pdf )
6. TSA Aviation Security Meeting
The Transportation Security Administration is announcing the rescheduling of a telephonic meeting of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) to September 12, 2006 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., Eastern time. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/01/06 news 06080199 2 for earlier BP summary of meeting.(TSA meeting, FR Pub 08/23/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-13942.pdf )
7. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Actions
The FTZ has issued the following notices of recent FTZB actions:
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