International Trade Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

OECD

See ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)

OFFICE PRODUCTS

– Binders, CBP classification relying on precedent rejected (CIT), 621

OIL AND GAS

– Export duties, Russia drafts measure to amend regulations, 186
– Foreign investment, Chevron brings arbitration claim against Ecuador in long-standing environmental dispute, 1332
– Harbor maintenance taxes, Esso Standard Oil did not receive refund for excess payments because not “correctable error” by CBP (Fed. Cir.), 492
– Oil country tubular goods from China, investigation initiated (ITA), 622; AD/CVD investigations may continue (ITC), 720; preliminary findings (ITA), 1259
– Taxation, Uzbekistan ends preferential tax treatment for foreign investors, In Brief, 1203
– U.S. Ex-Im Bank

– – Brazil, bank establishes preliminary commitment of $2B in financing to Petrobras, 681
– – India, loan guarantees supporting refinery construction by firm with ties to Iran could jeopardize other vital national interests, Sherman (D-Cal) says, 10

OMAN

– Bilateral agreements, U.S. FTA, USTR welcomes entry into force of treaty, 30; Pres. Bush implementation proclamation, In Brief, 56

ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)

– Accession, Russia reiterates pledges to expedite entry efforts, 247; Russia formally launches negotiations, 919; formal discussions due to start soon, 1096
– Agricultural policies

– – Annual review, U.S. should do more to reform policies to encourage competition, report says, 913
– – Trade barriers, major emerging economies should avoid short-term fixes, report says, 413

– Aid for Trade Initiative continued to grow in 2008 as donor countries perceived multiplier effects, official says, 910
– Business restructurings, customs considerations of discussion draft, Analysis and Perspective, 57
– Coordinated export credit support, OECD reports agreement to boost trade, 569
– Foreign investment

– – Freedom to invest, meeting attendees pledge to respect concept, 481
– – Global economic crisis caused direct investment in wealthiest economies to plunge 50 percent in first quarter 2009, OECD says, 915

– International finance, report forecasts contraction of more than 13 percent for first quarter 2009, 480; report warns against protectionism, 738
– Paris council meeting, ministers pledge to promote green growth and to resist protectionism, 873
– Status, China likely to remain best-performing economy among major emerging markets, report says, 412
– Steel, plummeting demand due to global economic downturn, report says in forecasting weak short-term outlook, 11
– Tax information exchange agreements, Panama, OECD criticizes record on signing, 1212
– Transfer pricing, panel urges nations to improve coordination between tax and customs officials, 1319