The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued two notices announcing that, following receipt of requests from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), it has instituted investigations regarding the probable economic effects of the proposed U.S.-Andean Countries Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the proposed U.S.-Panama FTA.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a proposed rule that would ban infant bath seats that do not meet certain requirements. Written comments are due by March 15, 2004.
The December 22, 2003 Federal Register contains the semi-annual regulatory agendas for numerous federal government agencies. The agendas briefly summarize each agency's regulations that are under development or review, and include an estimated timetable and contact information.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has issued its Major Shippers Textiles and Apparel Report, which contains selected general import statistics by date of import from the Census Bureau through October 31, 2003 by country and category (including merged and part category).
On December 30, 2003, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a news release which details several additional protection measures that are intended to further strengthen protections against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of certain non-frozen apple juice concentrate (apple juice concentrate) from China for the period of June 1, 2002 through November 30, 2002. The ITA states that this review concerns Yantai Golden Tide Fruits & Vegetable Food Co. Ltd. (Golden Tide).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews