The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled for May 17-22, 2010:
Daily Update on Capitol Hill Trade Actions is a daily International Trade Today compilation of the most relevant legislation, hearings, and actions by Congress involving international trade. The following are brief summaries of recent Capitol Hill actions:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted the documents on baby walkers that it will consider during its May 19, 2010 open Commission meeting. These include a draft final rule, for mandatory baby walker standards revocation of the ban of certain baby walkers, a Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, and third-party lab accreditation requirements for baby walkers.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Family Dollar Stores Inc., of Charlotte, N.C., is announcing the voluntary recall of 1.8 million toy dart gun sets, due to an aspiration hazard. (CPSC notice, dated 05/17/10, available at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10234.html)
The State Department, World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently issued the following travel warnings, travel alerts, country specific information sheets, and disease outbreak-related information:
"Daily Update on Capitol Hill Trade Actions" is a daily International Trade Today compilation of the most relevant legislation, hearings, and actions by Congress involving international trade. The following are brief summaries of recent Capitol Hill actions:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued proposed rules that would designate certain children’s upper outerwear with drawstring violations and handheld hairdryers without immersion protection to be substantial product hazards under section 15 (j) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA).
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that it will vote on publication of a final rule on infant bath seats and discuss a draft final rule on baby walkers during its May 19, 2010 open commission meeting.
The House Ways and Means Committee’s Trade Subcommittee has issued a press release announcing that it will be holding a hearing on May 20, 2010 to review customs operations administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.