The Foreign Agricultural Service announces that the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade (APAC) and the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees for Trade (ATAC) will hold closed meetings on January 13, 2011. Topics will include Doha Round negotiations in the World Trade Organization, WTO accession negotiations, and negotiations in bilateral and regional free trade agreements.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization created to regulate and facilitate international trade. WTO agreements negotiated by members of the organization regulate the imposition of tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, among other things. The WTO Dispute Settlement Body adjudicates disputes over countries' adherence to these global trade rules.
The Foreign Agricultural Service announces that the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade and the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees for Trade will hold closed meetings on May 6, 2010. Topics will include Doha Round negotiations in the World Trade Organization, WTO accession, and free trade agreements. (FR Pub 05/03/10, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-10273_PI.pdf)
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano released her remarks at a "pen and pad" session with DHS reporters regarding five major DHS missions - counterterrorism, securing the borders, enforcing smart and effective immigration policies, preparing for, responding to, recovering from disasters; and then building one Department of Homeland Security out of the 22 agencies that were originally put into DHS. (Remarks, dated 06/25/09, available at http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/speeches/sp_1245965901250.shtm.)