Trade News

3 December 2009 Canada Applauds Developing Country Initiative to Reduce Trade Barriers The following is excerpted from today’s news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today applauded the initiative of 22…

3 December 2009 CITT Appeals, Decisions Pending – Customs Act Appeal No. Appeal Name AP-2006-023, Fritz Marketing Inc. AP-2008-011, Sarstedt Canada Inc. AP-2008-015, J.I.T Industrial Supply and Distribution Ltd. AP-2008-023, Entrelec Inc. (ABB Canada) AP-2008-028, Cherry Stix Ltd. AP-2008-031…

3 December 2009 Price to pay for snubbing China The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". Shortly after taking office, Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a strong point of insisting that he would put human rights concerns ahead of business, trade or dollars in dealing…

3 December 2009 How to deal with China The following is excerpted from the 1 December 2009 edition of "Ottawa Citizen". The article was written by Charles Burton, a former diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Beijing, a professor of political science at Brock University and research associate of the…

3 December 2009 Canada backpedals on import tax for Dutch bikes brought for Olympics The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". Canadian authorities have shifted gears and decided to waive import duties on some of the bikes from Amsterdam that the Dutch government planned…

3 December 2009 [Cornwall] Border post move still an option, union says The following is excerpted from today's edition of "CanWest News". The Canadian border authority is still considering relocating a controversial customs checkpoint that once sat in the middle of a Mohawk reserve to the United…

3 December 2009 National small business confidence steady in November The following report was prepared by Ted Mallett, Vice-President Research & Chief Economist, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Business confidence among Canada’s small and mid-sized business owners has held steady in…

3 December 2009 CRA: Interest rates for the first calendar quarter The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) today announced the prescribed annual interest rates that will apply to any amounts owed to the CRA and to any amounts the CRA owes to individuals and corporations. These rates are calculated quarterly…

3 December 2009 Financial Market Turbulence: A Shock? The following was written by Peter G. Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada. If the world economy has you feeling queasy, there’s good reason. We’re still in the heaving seas typical of the zone between recession and…

3 December 2009 Rockefeller Wants Container Scanning Reconsidered The following is excerpted from today's edition of "The Journal of Commerce". Congress must reconsider its mandate that the government scan all ocean containers coming into the United States, the chairman of the Senate Commerce…

2 December 2009 [US] Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Up Again in September The following is excerpted from today's edition of ST&R's "WorldTrade Interactive". The Department of Transportation reports that U.S. surface transportation trade in goods with NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico rose for…

2 December 2009 Canada Commits to Strengthening WTO The following is excerpted from the 1 December 2009 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today reaffirmed Canada’s commitment to strengthening the World…

2 December 2009 Export of live lobsters / Fish list update Members are advised that the following documents have been added on the CFIA website: Guidance document - Export of Live Lobsters and Lobster products Containing Tomalley http://www.inspection.gc.ca//english/fssa/fispoi/export/lobtome.shtml…

2 December 2009 TRQ for certain milk protein substances The purpose of this message is to inform industry stakeholder that quantities of milk protein substances with a milk protein content (MPC) of 85% or more by weight, calculated on the dry matter, that do not originate in a NAFTA country, Chile…

2 December 2009 Blue Water Bridge Customs Meeting Minutes, 7 October 2009 The minutes of the Blue Water Bridge customs meeting that took place on 7 October 2009 are available on the Ontario Region page of the members site. To access, please login, click on the Regions tab, and then Ontario Region…

2 December 2009 Danone Inc. vs. CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2009-015 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal filed by Danone Inc. on June 25, 2009, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF appearances entered under subsection 67(2) of the Customs Act and notices of…

2 December 2009 CBSA Message: Reminder: U.S. Meat Shipments at the Border The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-110). Further to the CFIA message sent on 13 November, members are reminded that effective 4 January 2010, the CFIA intends to discontinue the practice of providing advance…

2 December 2009 China lifts ban on Canadian pork The following is excerpted from today's edition of "CBC News". China has agreed to lift the ban on all imports of pork products from Canada immediately, Ottawa announced Tuesday. Pierre Lemieux, the parliamentary secretary to the minister of…

2 December 2009 Tariff on Chinese steel hot topic for Harper's visit The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail". Chinese officials are criticizing Canada for a major increase in tariffs on some Chinese steel products, just ahead of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first visit…

2 December 2009 Economy picking up steam, Flaherty says The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". Canada's economic growth rate should be a little rosier in the remainder of this year and in 2010 after a tepid performance in the third quarter, Finance Minister Jim…