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• Obama in China — What will they remember 100 years from now?

  
  China Business Blog and Podcast — Authority: 115
  Filed from Beijing U.S. President Barack Obama is in Shanghai and will be coming to Beijing today. He spoke to a “town hall meeting” with young students in Shanghai and Obama took the high road on issues ranging from universal rights to trade to climate change. He also offered to open the U.S. educational ...
  6 hours ago

• (USTR) United Stationers Inc. – Surprised by 45.26% in the Third Quarter

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 165
  United Stationers Inc. ( USTR ) has surprised on the Zacks Consensus Estimate 4 consecutive quarters by an average of 28.24% as inventory reduction has boosted the bottom line. The company is trading with a forward P/E of 13.32. Company Description United Stationers distributes business products in the United ...
  5 days ago

• Copyright, Climate, the Chamber of Commerce, and ACTA: a few more connections

  
  Public Knowledge - Blogging, Events, and Action Alerts — Authority: 132
  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has made a good deal of intellectual property news recently, given their copyright and trademark lawsuit against the Yes Men for the latter’s fake press conference and website, in which they impersonated the Chamber and claimed that it was reversing its position on climate change ...
  1 week ago

• ACTA Treaty Anti-Consumer and Anti-Innovation Groups Tell Congress

  
  Public Knowledge - Blogging, Events, and Action Alerts — Authority: 132
  For Immediate Release:  November 9, 2009 A treaty being negotiated by the U.S. government dealing with intellectual property issues appears to have included parts of prior agreements “most favorable to groups of intellectual property holders” while leaving out ...
  1 week ago

• United States Initiates NAFTA Dispute with Mexico over Mexico’s Failure to Move Its Tuna-Dolphin Dispute from the WTO to the NAFTA

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  On November 6, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) announced that the United States has requested North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) dispute settlement consultations with Mexico regarding Mexico’s failure to move its “dolphin safe” labeling dispute from the World Trade ...
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• USTR Affirms Deadline for the Filing of Petitions Requesting CNL Waivers for the 2009 GSP Annual Review

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  The United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) has published a notice in the Federal Register affirming the previously announced deadline of November 17, 2009, for submission of petitions requesting Competitive Need Limitation (CNL) waivers and determinations regarding eligible products not produced in the United ...
  1 week ago

• United States Requests WTO Panel Against China Regarding Export Restraints on Raw Materials

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  On November 4, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) announced that the United States had asked the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) to establish a dispute settlement panel regarding China’s export restraints on numerous raw materials critical to U.S. manufacturers and workers. The materials ...
  1 week ago

• Groups Protest Obama Administration Secrecy on Trade Agreement

  
  Public Knowledge - Blogging, Events, and Action Alerts — Authority: 132
  For Immediate Release:  November 5, 2009 Sixteen library, consumer, creator, and civil liberties organizations today told the Obama Administration of their “deep concerns about the lack of transparency and openness” surrounding the negotiation of an international ...
  1 week ago

• Roundup on new ACTA leak stories

  
  Public Knowledge - Blogging, Events, and Action Alerts — Authority: 132
  Just a quick note on some of the recently-surfaced news on ACTA ’s Internet provisions. Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa has some details and analysis here ; IDG/PC World has a good summary here And EFF has additional in-depth analysis and discussion here .
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• New Bill Would Require Targeting of Foreign Trade Barriers

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) have announced the introduction of the Trade Enforcement Priorities Act of 2009 ( S. 1982 ), legislation that would give the federal government more authority to address trade barriers that undermine American workers and domestic manufacturing. ...
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• New Bill Would Require Targeting of Foreign Trade Barriers

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) have announced the introduction of the Trade Enforcement Priorities Act of 2009 ( S. 1982 ), legislation that would give the federal government more authority to address trade barriers that undermine American workers and domestic manufacturing. ...
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• U.S. and COMESA Officials Meet for Trade and Investment Talks

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  On November 2, U.S. trade and development officials held in-depth discussions with officials from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ( COMESA ) to review progress on their work together under the U.S.-COMESA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement ( TIFA ). It was the sixth high-level meeting under the ...
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• U.S. and COMESA Officials Meet for Trade and Investment Talks

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  On November 2, U.S. trade and development officials held in-depth discussions with officials from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ( COMESA ) to review progress on their work together under the U.S.-COMESA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement ( TIFA ). It was the sixth high-level meeting under the ...
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• Boeing CEO James McNerney To Speak Before Illinois Businesses at Chicago Export Event

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  W. James McNerney, Jr., chairman, president, and CEO of the Boeing Company, will address Illinois small businesses November 10 in Chicago about expanding their sales in foreign markets and creating U.S. jobs as part of the half-day interactive seminar “ Exports Live! Real Deals, Real Profits .” The event is part ...
  2 weeks ago

• USTR Kirk and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announce China’s Intent To Re-Open the Chinese Market to U.S. Pork Products

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  On October 29, U.S. Trade Representative ( USTR ) Ron Kirk and U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that China intends to re-open the Chinese market to United States pork and live swine, consistent with science-based international standards. The announcement was made at the ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk Witness the Signing of Commercial Agreement During China Visit

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  On October 28, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk presided over the signing of a business agreement between U.S. and Chinese firms in Hangzhou, China. The U.S. company, Harsco Corporation, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, signed a construction service joint venture agreement ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. and Indian Officials Meet Under Trade Policy Forum

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  U.S. Trade Representative ( USTR ) Ronald Kirk and India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma met in New Delhi on October 26 for the sixth ministerial-level meeting of the United States-India Trade Policy Forum (TPF). The two governments signaled their readiness to continue their bilateral trade policy ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. and Indian Officials Meet Under Trade Policy Forum

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  U.S. Trade Representative ( USTR ) Ronald Kirk and India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma met in New Delhi on October 26 for the sixth ministerial-level meeting of the United States-India Trade Policy Forum (TPF). The two governments signaled their readiness to continue their bilateral trade policy ...
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• Commerce Secretary Locke Chairs First Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee Meeting

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  On October 23, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke chaired a meeting of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC). Locke was joined by U.S. Trade Representative ( USTR ) Ron Kirk; Larry Summers, director of the National Economic Council ; and other top administration officials from 20 federal agencies. The TPCC, ...
  2 weeks ago

• USTR Announces Petitions Accepted for the 2009 GSP Annual Product Review

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  The Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) received petitions in connection with the 2009 GSP Annual Review to modify the list of products that are eligible for duty-free treatment under the GSP program (”2009 GSP Annual Product Review”). The USTR has published a notice in the Federal Register ...
  2 weeks ago

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