The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has issued a notice which outlines the procedures it will follow in considering requests from interested parties to impose U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement safeguard actions (in the form of higher duty rates) on textile and/or apparel products from Oman.

The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from China (C-570-946).

The Bureau of Industry and Security has sent on interim final rule to revise the submission procedures and reporting requirements for encryption items to the Office of Management and Budget for approval.

The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN report:

On May 19, 2010, the U.S. and Mexico issued a declaration agreeing to take on a number of 21st century border management activities with respect to trade and security:

The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

In remarks before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on May 18, 2010, U.S. Trade Representative Kirk discussed the pending free trade agreements and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, among other things.

The U.S. and Morocco recently convened a meeting of the Sub-Committee on Labor Affairs created under the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. The Sub-Committee agreed to a series of cooperative labor activities to improve enforcement of labor laws and agreed to hold more regular meetings to review progress of the Labor Chapter commitments. (Press release, dated 005/18/10, available at http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2010/may/ustr-dol-hold-inaugural-labor-sub-committee-meeting-mo)

The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain welded stainless steel pipes from Korea (A-580-810) for the period of December 1, 2007 through November 30, 2008.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is correcting its final rule, which amended the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of commercial consignments of tomatoes from the Souss- Massa-Draa region of Morocco into the U.S., to correct the national plant protection organization of Morocco name to the National Office of Food Safety. (D/N APHIS-2008-0017, FR Pub 05/20/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-12027.pdf)