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WTO Panel Finds U.S. Poultry Ban Against China is Inconsisent with GATT
September 30, 2010 by Kelly Sly|International Sources

The World Trade Organization has issued the report of the Dispute Settlement Panel in the dispute "U.S.-Certain Measures Affecting Imports of Poultry from China" (DS392). The panel finds, among other things, that Section 727 of the fiscal year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which prohibits the use of funds appropriated under that Act from being used to establish or implement a rule allowing poultry products to be imported into the U.S. from China, is inconsistent with Articles I:1 and XI:1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT).

Topics:World Trade Organization (WTO)
WCO and OCHA Sign MOU on Customs Facilitation of Relief Consignments
September 30, 2010 by Karen Marzullo|International Sources

The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization and the Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding enhancing cooperation between the two organizations on issues of mutual interest and in particular those relating to promoting Customs facilitation measures in the case of emergency and the handling of humanitarian relief consignments.

ASEAN, Latin America Ministers Commit to Advancing Trade Relations, Etc.
September 29, 2010 by Marie Rapport|International Sources

Foreign Ministers from countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their counterparts from the Latin American Rio Group (e.g. Brazil, Chile, etc.) met on September 24, 2010 at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Both groups reaffirmed their commitments to forge closer relations, particularly in the fields of trade, tourism and collaboration in the global issues of common interests.

MOFCOM Says China to Impose AD Duties on U.S. Chicken Products
September 29, 2010 by Marie Rapport|International Sources

China' s Ministry of Commerce reports that China will levy anti-dumping duties of between 50.3 percent to 105.4 percent on imports of U.S. chicken products for a five year period. The move comes after China imposed anti-subsidy (CV) duties ranging from 4 percent to 30.3 percent on U.S. chicken products in late August for five years.