China's Ministry of Commerce began accepting Chinese firms' applications for 2011 rare earth export quotas on November 11, 2010. The ministry said only applications from firms that have ISO 9000 certification and meet national standards will be accepted.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of November 10, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
In the November 10, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
On November 5, 2010, the United Nations legal committee approved four trade-related draft resolutions relating to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
On November 9, 2010, the European Commission laid out its five-year blueprint for a European Union trade policy to help revitalize Europe's economy, reduce trade barriers, and to take a more assertive approach to ensure the benefits of trade reach European citizens.
Xinhuanet.com reports that Japan could begin consultations with the United States and other countries trying to build a regional free trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership as the Cabinet approved the government's latest policy on free trade.
GOV.cn reported on November 9, 2010 that China's central government has closed 625 of the 971 local government liaison offices in Beijing after the public criticized the offices for allegedly bribing central government officials and wasting public funds.
On November 11, 2010, Xinhuanet reported that China has launched a half-year campaign to crack down on the violation of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and the production and distribution of fake merchandise.The campaign focuses on 14 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions including Beijing, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Shanghai.
London's Metropolitan Police Service stated that a forensic examination of the bomb (a printer cartridge in a printer) aboard the cargo plane that had arrived at East Midlands Airport from Cologne on October 29, 2010, indicated that if the device had activated before it had been removed from the aircraft the activation could have occurred over the eastern seaboard of the US. However, the November 11, 2010 Washington Post stated that the UPS route had slightly altered that day, and the explosion would have occurred over a largely unpopulated part of Canada.
The Government of Canada issued the following releases on November 10, 2010: