| Aviation security | 05/11/04 | Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Rapid bio-terrorism detection and response | 05/11/04 | Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security; Senate Committee on the Judiciary |
| \"The U.S.-EU Regulatory Dialogue and Its Future\" | 05/13/04 | House Committee on Financial Services |
| \"Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering Investigations: Who Investigates and How Effective Are They?\" | 05/11/04 | Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources; House Committee on Government Reform |
| The African Growth and Opportunity Act: Building Trade Capacity | 05/11/04 | Subcommittee on Africa; House Committee on International Relations |
| Mark up of H.R. 2934, Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act of 2003; H.R. 3632, Anti-Counterfeiting Amendments of 2003; etc. | 05/12/04 | House Committee on the Judiciary |
| Mark up of H.R. 4251, Maritime Transportation Amendments of 2004, etc. | 05/12/04 | House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
| Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Budget | 05/13/04 | House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence |
| Information Technology Policy Sharing | 05/13/04 | Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security; House Permanent Select Committee on Intelilgence |
| \"The Transportation Security Administration's Progress in Enhancing Security\" | 05/12/04 | House Select Committee on Homeland Security |
The Journal of Commerce Online (JoC Online) has reported that container operations have slowed at the Port of Oakland as a result of striking truck drivers. The drivers are demanding shipping lines pay them increased base rates and fuel surcharges. In addition, the Port of Norfolk is experiencing a strike as truckers there protest delays, difficulty in getting higher pay, and compensation for rising diesel fuel prices. (JoC Pub 05/07/04, www.joc.com)
On May 3, 2004, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the results of its 2004 "Special 301" annual report on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a notice announcing that a public hearing will begin on May 19, 2004 (and may continue on May 20, 2004) in Washington, DC regarding a petition it received requesting the imposition of monitoring and export controls on copper scrap and copper-alloy scrap.
Consular Information Sheets are available for every country of the world and include a variety of information. The following have been issued since BP's most recent update:
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective April 29, 2004, which revises certain entries on the Commerce Control List (CCL) controlled for national security reasons in Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Part I (telecommunications), 5 Part II (information security), 6, and 7 to conform with changes in the List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies maintained and agreed to by the governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies that were agreed to at the December 2003 meeting.
The Treasury Department (Treasury) has issued a notice requesting written comments by June 4, 2004 on whether to extend the "make available" requirement of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (Act) through December 31, 2005.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Office of Information and Technology has posted a notice to its Web site containing (a) a list, updated as of April 27, 2004, of companies/persons offering Sea Automated Manifest System (AMS) data processing services to the trade community, and (b) the Sea AMS Respondent Checklist, as follows:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada, concluding that only subject merchandise both produced and exported by Stelco, Inc. and Stelwire Ltd. (Stelco Group) is excluded from the AD duty order.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.