Days before Turkey followed through on purchases of Russian S-400 missile parts, a State Department official said there would be “consequences” if Turkey followed through on the deal and warned the country would be at risk of U.S. sanctions. R. Clarke Cooper, assistant secretary of State for political-military affairs, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 10 that the Trump administration has “made it very clear” to Turkey that the purchase would likely prompt sanctions. Turkey completed the purchase on July 13, according to a Reuters report. A House resolution passed in June also called for the U.S. to impose sanctions on Turkey if it completed the purchase.

The Philippines reduced import tariffs on mechanically deboned or mechanically separated poultry by 5 percent for chicken and 20 percent for “frozen whole turkey,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service said in a notice published July 8. The rates were previously set at 40 percent due to the country’s recent passage of the Rice Tariffication Law, the notice said. The changes took effect June 13 and extend until Dec. 31, 2020, the notice said.

The Commerce Department posted an updated version of its "Foreign Retaliation Product Scope Matrix" that lists U.S. goods that are included in various countries' retaliatory tariffs. The list includes the affected subheadings and which country's tariffs include the subheadings. The list includes the retaliatory measures by China, the EU, India, Turkey and Russia.

In the June 28 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:

The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations advanced a bill on June 25 that would repeal the ban on all exports to Cyprus that fall on the U.S. Munitions List. The change would prohibit the State Department from denying exports, re-exports or transfers of defense items and services to Cyprus as long as Cyprus is the end-user, the bill states. The repeal would advance U.S. “security interests” in Europe by helping Cyprus reduce its dependence on “other countries” for defense products, including countries that “pose challenges” to the U.S., the bill said. The change comes as part of a larger bill that would require the State Department to submit reports to Congress on Russian interference in Cyprus, Greece and Israel. The bill would also call on the Trump administration to impose sanctions on Turkey and Russia if Turkey carries out its plan to buy an S-400 air defense system from Russia.

In the June 5 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:

An Iranian citizen who lived for a time in Turkey was charged in two separate indictments for violating U.S. export laws, including several counts of conspiracy to export goods to Iran and to a Specially Designated National, the Department of Justice said in a June 4 press release. Peyman Amiri Larijani -- operations manager for Kral Havacilik IC VE DIS Ticaret Sirketi (Kral Aviation) -- was indicted on 34 counts of violating export laws in 2015 and four counts in 2016.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of May 31 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of May 29 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service released a report on Turkey’s decision to reduce tariffs on U.S. products in response to the U.S.’s May 16 decision to reduce tariffs on Turkish steel imports. In the report, USDA includes the current tariff levels for certain U.S. agricultural products, including nuts, rice, tobacco and “fuel wood.” Turkey’s tariff changes took effect May 21, the report said (see 1905220047).