Switzerland: Arms Control
(Dec. 2, 2007) On November 14, 2007, the Swiss Commerce Department (Eidgenösasisches Volkswirtschaftsdepartment, EVD) announced that it suspended an export permit for 21 Swiss-produced anti-aircraft...
View ArticleChina: Revised Catalog of Technology Restricted or Prohibited from Export
(Oct. 20, 2008) On September 16, 2008, China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology jointly released the revised China Catalog of Technology Prohibited from Export and Restricted...
View ArticleEuropean Union: Arms Exports to Israel
(Jan. 13, 2009) Until December 8, 2008, each Member State of the European Union had the discretion to decide on a case-by-case basis whether to allow exportation of conventional arms and the transfer...
View ArticleIndonesia: Proposal to Reduce Limits on Logging
(Dec. 26, 2013) According to news reports, Indonesia is proposing to resume exports of logs from productive forests. This would reverse a ban on such sales that has been in place for 12 years. The...
View ArticleCuracao: New Export Regime in Place as Old One Is Being Grandfathered
(Jan. 22, 2014) Curaçao instituted a new export regime on January 1, 2014. The country’s Parliament approved the regime, which is designed to support companies involved in international trade in goods...
View ArticleIndonesia: Export Ban on Unprocessed Minerals Comes into Effect
(Jan. 23, 2014) On January 12, 2014, an Indonesian presidential decree prohibiting the export of unprocessed minerals came into force. It had been signed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on...
View ArticleIceland/European Union: Reduction in Import Duties, Increase in Quotas for...
(Oct. 20, 2015) On September 17, 2015, Icelands government and the European Union agreed on new terms for agricultural trade. (Press Release, EU and Iceland Strike Deal to Protect Geographical...
View ArticleNetherlands: Ban on Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia
(Apr. 1, 2016) On March 15, 2016, the Dutch Parliament adopted a motion urging the government to ban weapons exports to Saudi Arabia. The motion was based in part on Saudi Arabia’s violations of...
View ArticleNew Zealand: Trans-Pacific Partnership Bill Passed
(Nov. 22, 2016) On November 15, 2016, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill (TPPA Amendment Bill). (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment...
View ArticleAustralia: Import Ban on Lever-Action Shotguns with Magazine Capacity over...
(Nov. 28, 2016) On November 21, 2016, during a late-night session, the Australian Senate voted on a motion, put forward by Senator David Leyonhjelm, to disallow a regulation that would continue an...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: Border Force Has Bumper Haul of Seized Christmas Counterfeit...
(Jan. 5, 2017) Border Force, a law enforcement agency within the Home Office that is responsible for securing the borders of the United Kingdom through enforcing immigration and customs controls,...
View ArticleIndonesia: Revision of Mining Regulation
(Jan. 24, 2017) On January 11, 2017, Indonesia’s government issued a fourth revision to a government regulation of 2010 on the management of mineral and coal businesses. (Viriya P. Singgih, Indonesia...
View ArticleJapan/India: Diet Approves Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
(June 14, 2017) The upper house (House of Councillors) of the Diet (Japan’s parliament) approved the Japan-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement on June 7, 2017. (Information on Bills: Japan-India...
View ArticleChina: National Plan on Banning “Foreign Garbage” and Reducing Solid Waste...
(Aug. 8, 2017) On July 27, 2017, China’s State Council released the Implementation Plan on Banning Entry of Foreign Garbage and Reforming the Administrative System of Solid Waste Importation (Plan)....
View ArticleJapan: Chemical Substances Control Law Amended
(Sept. 6, 2017) Japan’s Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) aims to prevent environmental pollution caused by chemical substances that pose a risk to human health and interfere with the habitat and...
View ArticleJapan: Basel Act Amended
(Sept. 12, 2017) The Act on Control of Export, Import, etc. of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes (Basel Convention Act, Act No. 108 of 1992, E-GOV (in Japanese) is a Japanese domestic law...
View ArticleMexico: Bilateral Accords Signed with the United States
(Mar. 29, 2018) Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Luís Videgaray, and US Secretary of Homeland Security, Kerstjen Nielsen, witnessed the signing of three instruments of bilateral cooperation on...
View ArticleJapan: Act on Promotion of Exports of Agricultural, Forestry, Fishery and...
(Dec. 16, 2019) The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted the Act on Promotion of Exports of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products, and Food (Food Exports Promotion Act, Act No. 57 of 2019 (Reiwa 1))...
View ArticleJapan: Fertilizer Regulation Act Amended
(Dec. 30, 2019) The Diet (Japan’s parliament) has enacted the Act to Amend the Fertilizer Regulation Act. The Act was published in the Official Gazette on December 4, 2019 (Act No. 62 of 2019 (Reiwa...
View ArticleNew Zealand; Singapore: New Declaration on Trade in Essential Goods for...
(Apr. 17, 2020) On April 15, 2020, the governments of New Zealand and Singapore “launched a new trade initiative to ensure supply chain connectivity and the removal of blockages to trade in a list of...
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