The U.S., China, Brazil, Australia, Canada and others complained that the European Union's proposal to adjust its tariff rate quotas on agricultural and industrial goods after Brexit will reduce market access for their exporters. They talked about the problem at a World Trade Organization Council for Trade in Goods meeting Nov. 12, according to a Geneva trade official. The EU proposal affects 196 individual concessions covering more than 365 tariff lines, members asserted in a joint communication, which is not public.
The World Customs Organization issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Nov. 9 (some may also be given separate headlines):
Several high profile members of the World Trade Organization recently submitted a proposal to penalize countries that are late in submitting notifications of subsidies and other changes to their trade practices. In a document distributed Nov. 1 at the WTO, the U.S., the European Union, Japan, Argentina and Costa Rica set out a series of sanctions for countries that fail to notify, including monetary penalties and the loss of WTO privileges. The WTO Council for Trade in Goods is set to discuss the proposal at a meeting set to begin Nov. 12.
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Nov. 7 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The World Customs Organization issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The World Customs Organization issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Nov. 5 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The World Customs Organization issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Nov. 2 (some may also be given separate headlines):