International Trade Compliance Update (Covering Customs and Other Import Requirements, Export Controls and Sanc- tions, Trade Remedies, WTO and Anti-Corruption) Newsletter | December 2020 In This Issue: World Trade Organization (WTO) World Customs Organization (WCO) Other International Matters Multilateral Trade Agreements The Americas - North America The Americas - South America Please see our Webinars, Meetings, Seminars section for contact and regis- Asia-Pacific tration information for the new webinars in our 17th annual Global Trade and Europe, Middle East and North Africa Supply Chain Webinar Series: International Trade Basics and Trends as well as links to past webinar recordings, PowerPoints and handout materials Africa (except North Africa) and information on other events. 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Washington, D.C. +1 202 452 7088 [email protected] World Trade Organization (WTO) A note on spelling, grammar and dates-- Trade Policy Review: Thailand In keeping with the global nature The eighth review of the trade policies and practices of Thailand took place on 24 of Baker McKenzie, the original and 26 November 2020. The basis for the review was a report by the WTO Sec- spelling, grammar and date format- retariat and a report by the Government of Thailand. ting of non-USA English language material has been preserved from Recent disputes the original source whether or not the material appears in quotes. The following disputes have been recently brought to the WTO. Click on the case Translations of most non-English (“DS”) number below to go to the WTO website page for details on that dispute. language documents are unofficial and are performed via an auto- DS No. Case Name Date mated program and are for infor- mation purposes only. 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WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION (WCO) Announcements and news releases [dd-mm-yy] Date Title RILO WE provides virtual CEN training for its affiliated countries 02-11-20 New Customs Cooperation Fund from Germany 03-11-20 The PTC concludes technical discussions on major WCO deliverables The World Customs Organization (WCO) has successfully completed a Time 05-11-20 Release Study (TRS) Workshop for the Customs Administration of Kazakhstan Achievement made in East Africa under the WCO/JICA Master Trainer Pro- 06-11-20 gramme (MTP) WCO supports the Uganda Revenue Authority to build capacity in the area of non-intrusive inspection 09-11-20 Wildlife and forestry crime: Worldw ide seizures in global WCO-INTERPOL oper- ation Tw o w ebinars on STCE Risk Management and Targeting WCO delivers a virtual Mercator Stocktaking mission to the benefit of the Leso- 10-11-20 tho Revenue Authority WCO becomes a member of the Basel Convention ENFORCE Netw ork 11-11-20 Mercator Programme Report: the WCO launches the second edition Serbia joins the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme Ukraine joins the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme East African Community getting prepared to embrace Electronic Tariff 12-11-20 Successful launch of the 2020 WCO TECH-CON Joint Session of the Regional Heads of Customs Administrative Conference and Regional Contact Point Meeting in the A/P region WCO Releases an Upgraded New Version of the WCO Cargo Targeting Sys- tem Peruvian Customs w elcomes WCO support on Data Analytics 13-11-20 The WCO has published the HS 2017 / HS 2022 Correlation Tables for the Har- monized System WCO Strategic Plan 2022-2025: WCO launches the cycle for development of its next strategy w ith a Workshop on strategic foresight for the MENA region 17th Virtual NCP RILO ESA annual administrative meeting 19th RILO Commonw ealth of Independent States National Contact Points Meet- 16-11-20 ing East and Southern Africa region holds an extraordinary governing Council ses- sion 2020 WCO TECH-CON closes w ith lessons learnt for the future 18-11-20 WCO/ROCB Sub Regional Virtual Workshop on PCA for the ASEAN members Successful conclusion of the 17th WCO Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting 19-11-20 Customs role in the fight against trafficking in cultural property highlighted dur- ing UNESCO Conference 20-11-20 Joint Meeting of the ATA/Istanbul Convention Administrative Committee held at International Trade Compliance Update | December 2020 3 8506079-v3\WASDMS Baker McKenzie Date Title the WCO Botsw ana Customs