Trade News

8 May 2009 Canada threatens action against Russia over pork The following is excerpted from today's edition of "Reuters Canada". Canada may take action against Russia if it keeps a ban on its pork products in the wake of a H1N1 flu outbreak that started in Mexico, Canadian Trade Minister Stockwell…

8 May 2009 Forecast: [US] Retail container volumes to remain weak The following appeared in today's edition of "American Shipper". Import cargo volume at the US major retail container ports improved in March over February’s seven-year low, but was still at its lowest level in five years and remained…

8 May 2009 Obama seeks $55 billion for DHS in 2010 The following appeared in today's edition of "American Shipper". The Obama administration on Thursday said it is seeking $55 billion to fund the activities of the Department of Homeland Security during fiscal year 2010, up $2.5 billion from the…

8 May 2009 Stress test results provide 'clarity' The following is excerpted from 7 May 2009 edition of "globeandmail.com". For the first time since the credit crisis erupted, the Obama administration has quantified the trouble facing the U.S. financial industry, saying its long-awaited stress tests…

8 May 2009 New [US] Bill Would Create Committee to Examine Public Health Effects of Trade Pacts The following appeared in today's edition of ST&R's "WorldTrade Interactive". Legislation introduced May 6 by Reps. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, would establish a new Public Health…

8 May 2009 Anti-Dumping Activity Increases The following appeared in today's edition of the "Journal of Commerce". Anti-dumping activity is up. Both the number of new investigations and new applications of anti-dumping measures increased worldwide in the second half of 2008, according to the latest…

8 May 2009 Crossing the border from slow to fast The following is excerpted from today's edition of "PostStar.com". Gary Douglas, the New York chairman of a regional cross-border trade coalition, is attending meetings in Ottawa this week to discuss ways to expedite customs clearance when Amtrak…

7 May 2009 CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 9-10 May The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-039). EDI Mailbox Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, May 9th, 2009 from 5:00 am to 5:30 am AND…

7 May 2009 Canada Requests Further Round of WTO Consultations on U.S. Country-of-Origin Labelling 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, and the Honourable Gerry Ritz…

7 May 2009 CN09-007, Canada-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) Implementation This customs notice is to inform you of the July 1, 2009 implementation of the Canada-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). The CEFTA consists of a main Free Trade…

7 May 2009 D4-3-5, Duty-Free Shop – Inventory Control and Sales Requirements This memorandum replaces Memorandum D4-3-5, dated September 9, 2008. In accordance with the above, the requirements, guidelines or procedures listed below have been changed, or deleted and/or abolished: Submission of 1…

7 May 2009 D4-3-6, Duty-Free Shop – Off-Site Storage This memorandum replaces Memorandum D4-3-6, dated December 16, 2008. This memorandum is revised as a result of the Paper Burden Reduction Initiative. The revisions are aimed at eliminating obsolete and duplicated requirements, streamlining certain…

7 May 2009 Statement by Trade Ministers of the United States, Canada and Mexico The following news release has been issued today by DFAIT. Canadian Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, Stockwell Day, United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, and Mexican…

7 May 2009 GTA-Commercial District CBSA/CSCB Meeting Minutes Minutes of the GTA-Commercial District CBSA/CSCB meeting held on 29 April 2009 are now available on the Toronto Region page of the CSCB members website at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgto_min_20090429.pdf.

7 May 2009 Meat Hygiene Directives Update The following meat hygiene directives are now available in HTML and PDF versions at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/meavia/man/direct/directe.shtml. MHD 2009-25 Chapter 11 - Section 11.7.3 - New Zealand The PDF version of directives should be used…

7 May 2009 Harper talks free trade with European Union The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". Canada embarked on free-trade negotiations with the European Union yesterday with a visit by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Prague, while Quebec showed its determination to…

7 May 2009 Government of Canada announces security enhancements at Windsor-Detroit Secure Rail Corridor The following is excerpted from 6 May 2009 news release by Transport Canada. John Baird, Canada's Transport and Infrastructure Minister, announced today that as a result of collaboration by the…

7 May 2009 Western Canada: the Bigger the Bubble… The following was written by Peter G. Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada. Primary producers were ‘king of the hill’ in the boom years. Global demand seemed insatiable, market prices soared, financial capital was…

7 May 2009 NRCan's Proposed Amendment for External Power Supplies The following bulletin was provided by NRCan. The purpose of this document is to provide the stakeholders with background information on the content of the proposed amendment to the regulations so that they can submit comments before…

7 May 2009 Wolrd Bank says global trade drop may be at bottom The following appeared in today's edition of "The Star". The drop in world trade caused by the global financial crisis seems to be bottoming out, but could take years to recover to pre-crisis levels, a World Bank economist said yesterday…