According to a World Trade Organization (WTO) press release, on August 3, 2004, the WTO Director General held informal consultations with a range of WTO members on the request from Mauritius for an emergency meeting of the WTO Council for Trade in Goods to examine the adjustment costs related to the quota abolition due to come into effect on January 1, 2005 under the WTO's Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. (WTO press release, dated 08/04/04, available at
In the July 30, 2004 Federal Register, an Executive Order (EO), an interim rule, and a final rule were published in order to, among other things, set forth changes to the U.S. government's export, reexport, and licensing policies with respect to Iraq.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a notice, effective July 28, 2004, announcing that it has updated its Unverified List by removing five Chinese entities.
The Journal of Commerce Online reports that the World Trade Organization (WTO) Heads of Delegations will meet on August 3, 2004 on the January 1, 2005 elimination of textile and apparel quotas imposed on WTO member countries. The article notes that only 17 countries have been invited to this meeting -including the U.S., European Union, China and India - but that other countries want to attend. (JoC Online, dated 07/27/04, www.joc.com )
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule which amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) at 15 CFR Parts 742, 748, 770, and 774, effective July 19, 2004, in order to implement decisions to move export licensing jurisdiction of certain types of energetic materials and other chemicals from the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DTC) to BIS, as well as to move such jurisdiction for other chemicals from BIS to DTC.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule which amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) at 15 CFR Parts 742, 748, 770, and 774, effective July 19, 2004, in order to implement decisions to move export licensing jurisdiction of certain types of energetic materials and other chemicals from the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DTC) to BIS, as well as to move such jurisdiction for other chemicals from BIS to DTC.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a press release announcing that it has determined that neither monitoring nor controls on exports of copper and copper-alloy scrap are necessary.
The Treasury Department has published its current list of countries that may require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott. The countries included on this list are:
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a notice announcing that, effective July 16, 2004, it has expanded the criteria it uses for including entities on its Unverified List. In addition, BIS states that five Hong Kong entities have been added to the Unverified List.
The Journal of Commerce Online reports that on July 15, 2004, a federal judge extended until September 3 the temporary injunction barring a boycott by truckers at the Port of Miami. According to the article, the judge had granted the injunction during the week of July 5, 2004 after three port terminals argued that the boycott was causing irreparable harm to their business. (JoC Online, dated 07/15/04, at http://www.joc.com/20040715/sections/ocean/w54324.asp )