According to a Commission press release, on 1 October 2013 trade barriers between the EU, Costa Rica and El Salvador were lifted as a result of the trade pillar of the EU-Central America Association Agreement being applied. The agreement opens up trade and simplifies rules in fields such as services, public procurement, intellectual property, sustainable development and technical barriers to trade. It also gives civil society a voice in an open dialogue on specific trade…
On September 25, 2013, the Federal Register published a Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee [Public Notice 8480; Docket No. DOS–2013–0020] to be held on November 1, 2013. Additionally, the Government of Honduras has asked that the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Honduras Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Material from the Pre-Columbian Cultures of Honduras…