| Nomination of David M. Stone, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security | 07/13/04 | Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Home products fire safety issues | 07/14/04 | Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| U.S. Policy toward Southeast Europe, focusing on the Balkans | 07/14/04 | Senate Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Implications of drug importation | 07/14/04 | Senate Committee on the Judiciary |
| The Role of Arms Export Policy in the Global War on terror | 07/14/04 | House Committees on Armed Services and International Relations |
| \"Radio Frequency Identification (REID) Technology: What the Future Holds for Commerce, Security, and the Consumer\" | 07/14/04 | Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection; House Committee on Energy and Commerce |
| \"Facilitating an Enhanced Information Sharing Network that Links Law Enforcement and Homeland Security for Federal, State, and Local Governments | 07/13/04 | Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census; House Committee on Government Reform |
| \"A Review of USDA's Expanded BSE Cattle Surveillance Program\" | 07/14/04 | House Committees on Government Reform and Agriculture |
| Transatlantic Relations: A Post-Summit Assessment | 07/15/04 | Subcommittee on Europe; House Committee on International Relations |
| How trade laws can be changed and barriers lowered to benefit U.S. small businesses | 07/14/04 | House Committee on Small Business |
Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. The following has been issued since BP's most recent update:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders on certain softwood lumber from Canada with respect to the following company and review periods:
The ITA states that until completion of the review, it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting of a bond or security in lieu of an AD cash deposit for entries of the subject merchandise both produced and exported from China by Jining Jinshan.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (Insular Affairs) have issued a proposed rule to amend the regulations governing watch duty-exemption allocations and the watch and jewelry duty-refund benefits for producers in the U.S. insular possessions (the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice stating that the U.S. has requested the establishment of a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel (DSP) regarding Mexico's tax measures on soft drinks and other beverages as well as on syrups, concentrates, powders, essences or extracts that can be diluted to produce such products (beverages and syrups) that use any sweetener other than cane sugar.
The State Department has issued a final rule, effective July 2, 2004, which makes changes to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by amending the text of Category XIV of the U.S. Munitions List (USML) as published in a November 2002 final rule, in order to clarify the continuity of coverage for certain equipment and its components, parts, accessories, and attachments controlled by this category.
The Coast Guard has issued a press release stating that it has completed its first week of enforcing the new international and domestic maritime security requirements of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code and Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) that took effect on July 1, 2004.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.