The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing that the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is seeking public comments and has scheduled a public meeting as part of its review on whether the operation of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program should be changed so that the program's benefits are focused in a different way, etc.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice requesting written comments on its Special 301 out-of-cycle reviews (OCRs) of Ukraine and Saudi Arabia regarding intellectual property rights.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing the 2005 petitions that have been accepted for its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Country Eligibility Practices Review (country practices review).
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice stating that the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Implementation Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is requesting written public comments by noon on October 14, 2005 for the annual review of the eligibility of sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries to receive the benefits of the AGOA.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing that it will conduct a Special 301 out-of-cycle review (OCR) focused on whether Ukraine has fully implemented certain improvements to its legislation protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) and has otherwise strengthened IPR enforcement.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release announcing that the U.S. is lifting the 100% retaliatory duty rates that have been imposed since 2002 on imports of certain fuel oils, fertilizers, pigments, footwear, diamonds, etc. from the Ukraine.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message indicating that the Automated Commercial System (ACS) has been modified to reflect Proclamation 7912's amendment of HTS General Note 4(a) on the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to reflect a new "association of countries" (treated as one country for GSP purposes) known as the "South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation" (SAARC). According to a previous CBP administrative message foreshadowing this ACS modification, the SAARC member countries and their ISO codes are as follows:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing the product petitions that have been accepted for further review in the 2005 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Annual Review.
On August 2, 2005 President Bush signed H.R. 3045, the "Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) Implementation Act" (Act) into law (Public Law (P.L.) 109-53).
On August 2, 2005 President Bush signed H.R. 3045, the "Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) Implementation Act" (Act) into law (Public Law (P.L.) 109-53). A Presidential Proclamation must still be issued to amend the tariff schedule for DR-CAFTA, etc.