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European Union: The EU Infringement Procedure

In EU law, the European Commission is responsible for monitoring whether EU regulations are applied correctly and on time.
In June 2020, China’s central government announced its economic masterplan to develop the south China island of Hainan into a Free Trade Port (FTP).
On November 15, Japan joined 14 countries spanning the Asia-Pacific region in signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement.
On November 9, 2020, the European Commission imposed additional tariffs to a list of U.S. products following the WTO ruling against U.S. subsidies to aircraft maker Boeing.
On October 30, 2020, Hong Kong officially filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization’s dispute unit against the United States on the subject of the United States’ new labelling arrangement...
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Morocco: Technical Regulation on Seed Potatoes

This report contains the unofficial translation of the technical regulation on production, testing, packaging and certification of seed potatoes.
On September 18, 2018, China’s State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced that it would start enforcing additional import tariffs on U.S. products exported to China....
On August 16, 2018, the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (Rosselkhoznadzor) removed all remaining barriers....
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Russia: Eurasian Economic Commission Announces 2019 TRQs

On August 30, 2018, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) published Decision No. 141 of August 28, 2018, establishing tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) and respective volumes for imports of meat, poultry....
The Argentine government announced a plan to halve the number of Ministries which will bring the Ministry of Agroindustry under the Ministry of Production as a sub-secretariat.
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Morocco: BSE Import Prohibitions

This report is the unofficial translation of Order 2543-09 on BSE-related import prohibitions.
After more than seven years of intermittent talks, Indonesia has concluded negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement with Australia.