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U.S. PUBLIC PORTS WELCOME MUCH NEEDED SECURITY FUNDS
DHS Announces Nearly $142 Million
RFID News - United States Sets The U.S. State Department issued its final rules specifying its plans to issue electronic passports (e-passports) containing RFID tags. |
At Wesccon: Importers urged to MONTEREY, Calif. - Importers and brokers are being urged to drop their traditional practice of dealing with Customs on a transaction-by-transaction basis and instead to establish personal accounts with Customs and Border Security. more...
Customs plans CSI, C-TPAT Expansion Agency will also hire 1,000 more border agents - more... |
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Textile Imports Chinese textile and apparel exports are expected to account for more than half of total U.S. imports in 2008, up from the current 30 per cent, as quotas were phased out, experts said at the Shanghai International Industry Fair. Made-in-China products accounted for 16 per cent of total U.S. apparel imports previous to 2005, they said. Textile and apparel shipments from China and India are expected to account for two-thirds of U.S. imports by 2008. Trade Talks Update: 18 Oct 2005, ST&R
US Backs Off on
China Statements made by Treasury Secretary John Snow after meeting recently with Chinese officials indicate that the Bush Administration is not likely to name China as a currency manipulator in an upcoming report and is trying to re-frame the domestic debate over the issue in order to mitigate the likely negative reaction from Congress. “Moving to a truly flexible exchange rate requires a lot of preparatory steps,” Snow said Monday. “China is seriously engaged in taking these preparatory steps.” Those remarks contrast sharply to those Snow made last spring, when he insisted that China is “ready now to adopt a more flexible exchange rate.” During his trip, Snow called for Chinese reforms on a wide range of financial issues besides currency policy, a move that the Associated Press opined is designed to allow the White House to show Congress that it is making progress on more important bilateral issues and thus head off threats to advance legislation that would impose currency-related sanctions on the United States’ second-largest trading partner. |
Pakistan Expected to Ask US to Lower Trade Barriers In the wake of a massive earthquake, Pakistan is expected to soon ask the US to lower barriers to imports of Pakistani goods, particularly textiles and apparel, which make up about 60% of the country’s exports. It is unclear what action Washington will take on the request. On the one hand, there will likely be substantial opposition from the domestic industry, which can point to the fact that the main textile-producing regions of Pakistan sustained little damage from the earthquake. On the other hand, one corporate intelligence service said, “the political reality of the region,” including its relevance to the US war on terror and its centrality in longstanding tensions between India and Pakistan, could prompt the US to consider the request more seriously than it otherwise might.
Bugs incident won't
derail China BOEING Co's efforts to sell aircraft in China probably won't suffer from the reported discovery of spying devices on a 767 jetliner built as President Jiang Zemin's official jet, a Chinese aviation official said
Importers warned on China MONTEREY, Calif. -- U.S. importers trying to work around China import curbs have been warned: make sure your paperwork is in order. more... |
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Philippines
October 31, 2005 - Special Non Working
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FESTA HALL (FORMAL PROGRAM: 9:00 A.M.–4:00 P.M.)
For Information and to register go to: ICE - International Credit Executives Group or MWTA - Milwaukee World Trade Association APICS International Outsourcing Workshop November 9, 2005 7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Keynote speaker information Ulice Payne, President of Addison-Clifton,LLC, a global trade compliance advisory firm with offices in Brookfield, Chicago and Shanghai. Mr. Payne is the former Chair of the International Practice Team at Foley & Lardner and past Chair of the Customs Law Committee of the American Bar Association. Presenter information Jon Bielefeld , Vice President and General Manager of DexM Corporation, headquartered in Waukesha Wisconsin.Robert Gardenier, President and Owner of M.E Dey, a custom house broker and freight forwarder, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jane Hammarstrom, Materials Manager at Brady Corporation Tom Kubiak, Business Unit Manager for HKF Industries. Gary Les, Director of Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP's International Services Group. Sameer Prasad, Professor of Operations Management at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. Sandi Siegel, Executive Vice President and Co-Owner of M.E. Dey, a custom house broker and freight forwarder headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tom Swinsky, Consulting Director with Answerport, Inc., a Milwaukee-based Management and Technology Consulting firm. Wednesday, November 9, 2005 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Workshop $295 on or before October 26, 2005 $350 after October 26, 2005 Continental breakfast, lunch and materials included. Seating is limited. Sessions held at Waukesha County Technical CollegeTo register or for information Call 262.695.7837 or email cctmatrix@wctc.edu Additional contact information APICS Milwaukee Chapter www.apicsmilw.org WCTC Corporate & Community Training www.wctc.edu/cct Gov. Jim Doyle's Trade Mission To Central EuropeCzech Republic and Poland November 8-16, 2005http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/IE/IE-CentralEuropeMission.html
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