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Archives 2000

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12.31.00          Establishment Of A European Company Statute
12.29.00          Related Party Transaction Reporting Now Required In Mexico
12.28.00          U.S. Treasury Releases Study On Sub-Part F
12.28.00          WTO Seeks To Eliminate Non-Tariff Barriers On High-Tech Imports
12.28.00          China Introduces E-Port
12.26.00          South Korea And North Korea Agree To Avoid Double Taxation Of Income
12.26.00          Exporters Receive Direction From Customs For Increased HMT Refunds
12.26.00          China To Reduce Import & Export Restrictions Encountered By Private Companies
12.26.00          Croatia Now A WTO Member
12.23.00          Nations Protest New U.S. Anti-Dumping Provision
12.22.00          U.S. Exports Potentially Subject To EU Sanctions
12.22.00          U.S. & Luxembourg New Tax Treaty
12.20.00          Russia Anxious To Secure WTO Membership
12.20.00          Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Talks Continue With Singapore & Chile
12.20.00          Additional Import Duty Reductions Granted To Selected African Countries Under Africa Trade
12.19.00          New Import Duties For Russian Imports
12.15.00          China Reforming Tax System
12.14.00          Switzerland Interested In EU Membership
12.12.00          Ireland Enacts Revisions To Copyright Law
12.11.00          Cuba To Cut Phone Service With U.S.
12.11.00          China Commits To Increased Protection Of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights
12.01.00          U.S. & Chile Discuss Trade Pact
12.01.00          EU Approves Internet Law
12.01.00          Sanctions On Serbia To Be Lifted
12.01.00          Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act Passed
11.28.00          Indian Customs To Be Fully Automated By 04.2001
11.25.00          El Salvador Plans To Adopt The Dollar
11.22.00          Europe Rejects FSC Replacement Legislation
11.20.00          Sanctions On Myanmar For Labor Violations
11.20.00          Mexico And European Free Trade Association Conclude Negotiations
11.20.00          Court Of International Trade Rejects Customs Interpretation Of "Substantial Transformation"
11.20.00          Clinton Signs Reauthorization Of Export Administration Act
11.20.00          Chile And EU Prepare To Negotiate Free Trade Area
11.17.00          World Bank Investment Arm Signs Pact With China
11.17.00          OECD Countries Will Not Finance Bribery-Tainted International Transactions
11.17.00          Mexico Publishes Import Procedures
11.16.00          Singapore To Exempt Shrink-Wrap Software From Withholding Tax
11.16.00          European Union Under Fire In WTO
11.16.00          FSC Regime Replacement Enacted
11.15.00          New Zealand Revenue Department Issues Transfer Pricing Guidelines
11.13.00          Patent Information On The Web
11.07.00          Mexico Clinches Free-Trade Deal With EFTA
11.07.00          Geneva Negotiators Focus On Completing China's Accession To The WTO
11.06.00          Italy Issues New Tax Rulings For Resident And Non-Resident Taxpayers
11.01.00          WTO Rules Have Priority Over Chinese Laws In Court
11.01.00          African Leaders Launch Free Trade Zone
10.31.00          Commerce Fines NY Customs Broker For Trade Violation
10.30.00          Mexico Finalizes Sectoral Promotion Program
10.30.00          Hong Kong Amends Tax Code Treatment Of Outbound Royalty Payments
10.26.00          New SED Form
10.25.00          Canadian Mini-Budget Tax Relief: More And Faster Than Promised
10.23.00          Sanctions On Serbia Lifted
10.23.00          Bilateral Investment Treaties
10.23.00          Encryption Rules Made Easier
10.19.00          Senate Passes AG Bill
10.17.00          Carriers To Introduce Bill Of Lading Fees
10.16.00          Eritrea To Receive GSP Benefits
10.13.00          U.S. Lifts Oil Embargo And Flight Ban On Yugoslavia
10.12.00          U.S. To Implement Data Privacy Pact With EU
10.12.00          Oman To Become 139th WTO Member
10.11.00          U.S., Canada Prepare High-Tech Border-Crossing Program
10.09.00          BXA Revises CCL
10.09.00          House Approves Bill To Increase Penalties For Export Control Violations
10.09.00          ASEAN To Eliminate Tariffs On Information Technology Products By 2010
10.06.00          Effort To Ease Cuba Boycott Advances
10.06.00          Countries Requiring Cooperation With An International Boycott
10.05.00          Importers Under Attack
10.04.00          Vietnam: New Changes To The Prior Industrial Property Legislation
10.03.00          Mexico's Sectoral Promotion Program And Its Impact On The Maquiladora Changes Scheduled To Take Effect On 1 11.2000
10.02.00          Russia And Lithuania Join ATA Carnet System
10.02.00          Commerce Department Launches New MyExports.Com Exporter Referral Program
10.02.00          China's Customs Service Moves To Electronic Processing
10.2000           New Importer Audit Rules
09.30.00          Europe Delays Its Sanctions Against U.S. Over Foreign Sales Corporations (FSC's)
09.29.00          Danish Voters Say No To Euro
09.28.00          Europe Proposes To Tax Web-Based Software Sales
09.25.00          Brazil's New Regulation Removes U.S. From List
09.22.00          Saudi Arabia Introduces Foreign Capital Investment Regulations And Changes In Tax Law
09.21.00          FAA & UK Promote Compliance On International Dangerous Goods
09.21.00          Customs Raises Fees To Clear Cargo At 36 Airports
09.20.00          Senate Approves Final China Trade Bill
09.19.00          Government Asks Supreme Court To Review HMT Refunds
09.15.00          Puerto Rico Shippers Are Warned
09.15.00          House Passes Bill To Replace FSC Tax Exclusion Law
09.12.00          Ecuador: Moving To US Dollar
09.12.00          President Extends GSP Benefits To Nigeria
09.12.00          Customs Issues Draft Directive Outlining Post Entry Amendment Policy
09.11.00          Aphis Increases Import/Export User Fees
09.11.00          Albania Joins The World Trade Organization
09.2000            EU Changes The EC Regulations
08.31.00          France Joins Wave Of Plans For Big Tax Cuts
08.31.00          Russia Adopts New, Confusing Tax Registration Requirements For Foreign Legal Entities
08.28.00          Customs To Shift Specialists
08.28.00          Europe Plays Catch-Up With Tax Cuts
08.18.00          Lithuania Amends Laws
08.18.00          Latvia Makes Changes To Legal System
08.18.00          Estonia Amends Laws
08.08.00          Census Report Recommends Mandatory Filing of all SEDs through AES
08.07.00          Customs Issues Rule on Imports of Forced or Indentured Child Labor
08.07.00          Administration Raises Computer Control Level
08.07.00          Ways & Means Okays Replacement For FSC Bill
08.07.00          Free Trade Pact Concluded In Africa
08.04.00          Britain Recognizes Electronic Signatures as Legally Binding
08.03.00          Is the End Near for Russian Tax Reform?
08.03.00          Brazilian Local Law Prevails Over Tax Treaty on Transfer Pricing
08.01.00          OECD Revises Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
08.01.00          House Makes Deal on Easing of Cuban Embargo
08.2000           The New European Commission's Regulation
07.27.00          House & Senate Pass Amendments Lifting Certain Aspects of Cuba Embargo
07.24.00          Encryption Policy Shift Lowers Already Low Barrier
07.24.00          World Trade Organization Membership Approval
07.17.00          Updates on Encryption Exports
07.17.00          Belarus, Polynesia, Malta, New Caledonia, Slovenia to Lose GSP Benefits
07.17.00          Vietnam Trade Opening Could Be A Year Away
07.14.00          Germany Enacts Tax Reform Package
07.13.00          U.S. and Vietnam Sign Historic Trade Agreement
07.13.00          U.S. Mexico Antitrust Agreement
07.13.00          EU Initials Mutual Acceptance Pacts With Hungary, Czech Republic, Latvia
07.10.00          Census Issues Final Rule on Exporter of Record
07.01.00          Australia Announces Amendments to New Goods and Services Tax
07.01.00          Australia Introduces Tax On Goods and Services (GST)
07.01.00          European Union/Mexico Free Trade Agreement
07.2000           Electronic License Submission Becomes Mandatory
06.19.00          Easing Sanctions Against North Korea
06.08.00          U.S. Companies Protest EU Plans for Web VAT
06.08.00          BXA Implementing Regulations on Mandatory Filing
06.2000           EU Patents Are Complex
06.01.00          EU-Israel Association Agreement Enters Into Force
06.2000           Export Penalties Expected to Increase Dramatically
06.2000           Large Importers Targeted by U.S. Customs
06.2000           IRS Issues Latest List Of Adverse-Condition Countries For Earned Income And Housing Cost Exclusions
06.2000           Venezuela Adopts Worldwide System Of Taxation
05.23.00          EU-China WTO Accession Agreement Signed
05.22.00          Clinton Signs Bill Authorizing Tax Credits for Business with Boycotted Countries
05.18.00          EU Drafts Reply to U.S. FSC Proposal
05.18.00          Senate Approves Africa/CBI Trade Bill
05.04.00          Customs No Longer Accepting Facsimilie Copies of SEDs
05.02.00          Hungary Approves Measure to Simplify Customs Procedures
05.02.00          Portuguese Tax Court: Payments for Engineering Services Aren't Subject to Withholding Tax
05.01.00          China Reverses Internet Privacy Rules Announced in January
04.28.00          Ecuador Enacts Substantial Tax Reforms
04.28.00          Ukraine Changes Royalty Definition
04.27.00          European Union Relaxes Controls on Data Encryption Exports
04.14.00          Korea Rules on Taxation of Royalty Payments
04.12.00          Korean Nonresidents with No Korean Permanent Establishment Must Report Source Income
04.04.00          Japan Simplifies Customs Clearance Procedures
04.04.00          U.S. Treasury Announces That New Treaty with Denmark Entered Into Force
01.04.00          India to Lift Import Curbs
April.00          Rules on Foreign Currency Exports From Russia Change
04.01.00          European Union and China Fail to Reach Trade Agreement
04.01.00          United Nations Permits Iraq to Spend More on Oil Industry
04.2000           Saudi Arabia Appoints Prince Abdullah Binfaisal to Manage New Investment Law
03.22.00          Kazakhstan Increases Customs Duties on Energy Imports, Reduces Other
03.20.00          Taiwan Accepts Carnets for Duty-free Entry
03.15.00          Estonia Introduces Customs Duties
03.14.00          The U.S.          China WTO Accession Deal
03.13.00          Harbor Maintenance Tax: Don't Spend That Refund Money Yet
03.07.00          Tariff Reductions Proposed by India For Technology Products
03.2000           Jurisdictional Review of "Space Qualified" Items
03.01.00          Exporters Eligible for Full Refunds
02.24.00          Bilateral Tax Treaty Approved by Danish Parliament
02.23.00          Fatal Attack on Foreign Sales Corporations
02.23.00          India Orders Producers to Use Bar Codes
02.23.00          India Orders Producers to Use Bar Codes
02.21.00          Withdrawal of GSP Benefits From Belarus
02.18 .00          Mexico, Israel Finalize Free-Trade Negotiations
02.16.00          U.S. And Nigeria Sign Trade Agreement
02.10.00          IRS Lists International Sites for U.S. Tax Assistance
02.07.00          Venezuela Announces New Transfer Pricing Rules
02.03.00          Additional Reforms to U.S. Export Controls on High-Performance Computers
02.2000           Consumers to Win From Copyright Law Amendment
01.31.00          China's Encryption Software Requirements Lead Toward Forced Technology Transfers and Piracy Risks
01.24.00          U.S. Tax Breaks are Still Available: WTO Ruling has not Affected US TAX Code
01.22.00          Portugal Hands Over Macau
01.20.00          Brazil Amends Management Bodies Corporation Law
01.20.00          China Ends Requirements for Minimum Capital Investment
01.20.00          China to Continue to Use Tax Breaks to Boost Exports and Stimulate Economic Sectors
01.20.00          EU and Mexico Reach Agreement on Trade Pact
01.13.00          U.S. Ratifies Treaties With Four Nations
01.12.00          EX-IM Bank $1 Billion Program Ready to Finance U.S. Exports to Venezuela
01.10.00          China Likely to Lift Restrictions on Foreign Business
01.04.00          India to Lift Import Curbs
01.01.00          INCOTERMS 2000 Enter Into Force 01.1.00
01.01.00          Automated Export System (AES)
01.01.00          Hungary Amends Vat Law
01.2000           BXA Eases Control on Export of Encryption Products
01.2000           Pakistan Implements New Foreign Exchange Regulations
01.2000           European Commission Adopts New Competition Rules for Distribution Sector

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