AWPA Annual Meeting 2000--A Must For Your Calendar!--The AWPA Annual Meeting is shaping up to be one of the best ever!
Members will gather February 13 - 16, 2000 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San
Diego, California.--Full Story--
EPA Proposes To Lower Lead Reporting Threshold--In a move that could have serious negative repercussions on businesses nationwide, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to lower the reporting thresholds (from 25,000 lbs. to 10 lbs. per year) for lead and lead compounds subject to reporting under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). This change would require all wire producing companies using more than 83 tons of steel per year to start reporting for lead.--Full Story--
WTO Ministerial A Bust! --The Seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial meeting was controversial even before it started - and then continued on a downhill slide,
resulting in a large public relations disaster for the US. Many trade experts
and economists agree that the failure in Seattle could usher in a period of trade
friction and cause the already high US trade deficit to climb. They also predict
that any further liberalization of the world's trading rules will have to wait at least
two years, until after a new US president and Congress have been elected, and a
new governance structure put in place at the WTO headquarters in Geneva. --Full Story--
China & US Move A Step Further in Trade Negotiations--After 13 years of off-and-on negotiations, China and the US finally reached an agreement to bring China into the World Trade Organization (WTO). China's entry required its leaders to agree to market opening and reform measures that, if implemented, would further tear down government control of its economy.--Full Story--
New ITC Member Confirmed--Deanna Tanner Okun was confirmed to be a new member of
the US International Trade Commission, for a term expiring June
16, 2008. She replaces Commissioner Carol Crawford. --Full Story--
Small Businesses Driving Exports--U.S. Small Business Administrator Aida Alvarez released
new data that show small businesses are going global in a big way.
Small businesses now account for almost a third of all US export sales.--Full Story--
What's Happening in Washington?----Full Story--
Clinton Signs Executive Order on Trade Agreements--President Clinton recently signed an executive order that
will require all trade agreements to undergo an environmental
review.--Full Story--
WireLine To Get A Facelift--You might notice a change in the next issue of WireLine. In an effort to improve its readability, the publication will be slightly
revamped and redesigned. As always, comments from our readers are most welcome and
appreciated.
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