On December 18, 2013, The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice of determination of procurement thresholds for implementation of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as amended (TAA, 19 U.S.C. 2511 et seq.). Executive Order 12260 requires USTR to set the US dollar thresholds for application of Title III of the TAA, which implements US trade agreement obligations, including those under the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement,…
CSMS #13-000615 dated December 18, 2013 announced that each Free Trade Agreement (FTA) page on CBp.gov has been updated and expanded to include the following documents: Implementation Instructions Attachment A (Certification of Origin) General Note Link (Always current) Regulation Link (Always current) Agreement Text USITC Report (Includes the General note, the goods that went free immediately and the phase-out schedule to determine future duty rates.) Summaries and Reports (USTR) Implementation Act (The public law.) Presidential…
On October 18, 2013, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of October 16, 2013 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia. The Notice continues for one year the National Emergency first declared on October 21, 1995 by Executive Order 12978 pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia.
On October 1, 2013, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a final rule [USCBP-2012-0017; CBP Dec. 13-16] adopting, with some changes, interim amendments to the CBP regulations which were published in the Federal Register on September 26, 2012, as CBP Dec. 12-16, to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA). On September 26, 2012, CBP published CBP Dec. 12–16 in the…
On August 26, 2013, the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that after two years of trade negotiations between Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, known as La Alianza del PacÃfico, an agreement had been concluded. Under the agreement, 100% of their trade will be covered and 92% of tariff lines will be reduced immediately upon signing, which is expected before 2013 ends. The announcement said that Pacific Alliance is a regional integration initiative established on…
On 17 July 2013, the Colombian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism (MinCIT) initiated a safeguard investigation on steel wire rod (Inv. â„– SA-01-51; Resolution â„– 0160 published in the Official Journal [Diario Oficial] 48,856 of 19 July 2013). Colombia has invited interested parties wishing to express their views to do so within 30 working days of 22 July 2013. It has also sent interested parties on 24 July a communication informing them of the…
On 26 July 2013, the Official Journal published a notice announcing that the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 26 June 2012, shall, pursuant to its Article 330(3), be provisionally applied between the European Union and Colombia as from 1 August 2013. By virtue of Article 3(1) of the Council Decision of 31 May 2012…