International Trade Law News

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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is currently on a trip to Asia, meeting with security counterparts in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. In remarks made to the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, Secretary Chertoff said the U.S. will add radiation detectors at domestic and foreign seaports in coming months and seek new foreign partners in the Container Security Initiative. He also urged private companies to build databases for sharing information about cargo with the government. He also called for technology to track containers and protect them from tampering.