Trade News

19 January 2009 Flaherty budget could put tech back on track The following article, by Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, appeared in the 19 January 2009 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty…

19 January 2009 Despite warnings, PM touts fixes for short term The following article is excerpted from the 16 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has warned that Ottawa will be forced to run "very significant deficits" in the next few years to pull Canada out…

19 January 2009 Sharp Trade Contraction Knows No Borders This article is extracted from the 17 January 2009 edition of “The New York Times”. World trade, a booming source of growth for most of the last five years, is suddenly shriveling, with exports declining in almost every country as the world…

19 January 2009 CBP Frontline Magazine, Fall/Winter 2008 Issue Members can find the latest issue of US Customs’ Frontline magazine on their website at: http://cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/publications/frontline_magazin…

19 January 2009 Napolitano doesn’t embrace scan-all law This article is excerpted from the 19 January 2009 edition of “American Shipper”. Homeland Security-secretary designee Janet Napolitano has indicated during her confirmation process that her thinking on 100-percent scanning of ocean containers…

16 January 2009 Release Requests Received, December 2008 The release requests received report for December 2008 is available on the CSCB website at: www.cscb.ca/listinfo/ReleaseRequestsReceived_Dec08.xls.

16 January 2009 CBSA Message: Customs Office 0205 (St-Croix) The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-006). Please be advised that effective January 16, 2009, Customs Office 0205 St-Croix is automated for ACROSS releases.

16 January 2009 U.S. recovery key to revival of economy The following is excerpted from the 16 January 2009 edition of “Toronto Star”. Can Barack Obama save Canada? While the budget now being prepared by Prime Minister Stephen Harper is intended to spur economic growth, the revival of Canada's…

16 January 2009 Sides exchange proposals in Vancouver contract talks The following was reported on in the 16 January 2009 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. Contract negotiations continue in Vancouver between British Columbia waterfront employers and unionized ship and dock foremen at the province’s…

16 January 2009 UN predicts no growth this year The following is excerpted from the 15 January 2009 edition of “Toronto Star”. The world economy is heading for zero growth in 2009 as a deepening recession in rich countries slows the sale of consumer goods and raw materials from developing nations…

16 January 2009 US producers cry foul over new Canada lumber move The following was reported on in the 15 January 2009 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. The U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports charges that British Columbia, which supplies most of the $10 billion in Canadian lumber exports to the…

16 January 2009 North American surface trade falls 2.1% in October The following was reported on in the 14 January 2009 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Trade using surface transportation between the Canada, the US and Mexico was down 2.1% in October compared with the same period in…

16 January 2009 US government approves new Detroit-Windsor border crossing system The following is excerpted from the 15 January 2009 news release by the Michigan Department of Transportation. The [US] federal government … issued a long-awaited decision approving a new Detroit-Windsor border…

16 January 2009 Export ABCs: Cargo Insurance, Part 2 The following is written by Frank Reynolds, President of International Projects, Inc., an export management company, and a regular contributor to the Export ABCs column in the “Journal of Commerce”. Cargo Insurance Part 1 is available in the…

15 January 2009 CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-005). EDI Mailbox outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, January 17, 2009 from 5:00 am to 5:30 am (Eastern…

15 January 2009 Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States: List of Allocation Holders for 2009, Serial No. 162 The purpose of this notice is to provide a listing of all companies that have been granted export allocations for 2009 under the Agreement. The complete notice is available on the EICS…

15 January 2009 Update to SIMA Monthly Index The SIMA Monthly Index has been updated, and is available on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/monthly-eng.html.

15 January 2009 Update of List Exporters of Fish Products to EU & France Members are advised that the following has been updated on the CFIA website: "List of Canadian Exporters of Live Shellfish, Live Tunicates, Live Echinoderms or Live Gastropods that Meet the Same or Equivalent Conditions to…

15 January 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website a) Chapter 03 was published. The following OGD extension was removed - NO VERSION CHANGE. 03.01.99.8022.50 - Gefilte fish (live) b) Chapter 04 was published to add a new OGD extension. 04.06.90.3575.45 - Feta in whey This modification created a version…

15 January 2009 No electrifying results from 'shock' stimulus The following is excerpted from the 14 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. We'll be getting our respective stimulus packages soon, here at home and across the border, proving again beyond any shadow of a doubt that governments can…