In the August 17, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:

Mexico's Diario Oficial of August 17, 2010 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy on the following:

The European Commission has issued statistics covering of the European Union's antidumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard activities during the first six months of 2010.

The European Chemicals Agency has issued its August 2010 newsletter which discusses the November 30, 2010 registration deadline under the EU REACH program, the December 1, 2010 classification, labeling, and packaging (CLP) deadline, and other topics to help the trade comply with EU chemical substance regulations.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea has announced that imports of U.S. beef more than doubled in the first half of 2010 from a year ago, making Korea the 4th largest importer of U.S. beef after Mexico, Canada and Japan. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says some 57,000 tons of U.S. beef were exported to Korea in the first six months of 2010, compared to 28,000 tons in the same period last year.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is announcing the availability of an ICPO-INTERPOL handbook that has collated many examples of techniques that have been used by criminals to engage in the cross-border smuggling of wildlife. The handbook also contains guidance on detecting fraud, such as false CITES documents and labels, fraudulent declarations, etc. The handbook that is being made available to law enforcement officials only.

The International Organization for Standardization has published a new technical report, ISO/TR 11360:2010, Nanotechnologies -- Methodology for the classification and categorization of materials. This report offers a comprehensive, globally harmonized methodology for classifying materials.

China's Ministry of Commerce reports that a proposed transport network stretching from the south China city of Nanning to Singapore, that would help create a southeast Asian economic community, has stalled largely due to unresolved funding and administrative issues. The Nanning-Singapore (N-S) Economic Corridor, a system of highways and railways connecting major southeast Asian cities, is reported to already largely exist;the highway portion has proved feasible to some extent by the China-ASEAN International Car Rally Race, which was successfully held in 2006, 2007 and 2009.

The U.S. and the European Union have agreed on a November 20, 2010 date for the next EU-U.S. Summit, which will take place in Lisbon, Portugal. The EU President of the European Council van Rompuy and President of the European Commission Barroso will meet again with President Obama to reaffirm the transatlantic agenda and advance EU-US cooperation on issues of mutual concern.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has announced that the 10th round of negotiations on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are being held from August 16 - August 20, 2010 in Washington, D.C., hosted by the U.S. Participants in the negotiations include Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the U.S. A draft agenda has also been posted.