Trade News

6 August 2008 PM Announces Safer Twinned Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park The following is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 news release on the PMO website. Drivers traveling on the Trans-Canada Highway through Banff National Park can count on a safer and more efficient drive thanks to a…

6 August 2008 New Multilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement Moves Ahead The following is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 edition of “World Trade Interactive”. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative reports that the latest round of talks on a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was held in…

5 August 2008 Canada and Mexico Reach Agreement to Lift Temporary Import Restrictions on Alberta Potatoes This news release was issued by the CFIA on 1 August 2008. The Government of Canada has delivered for Canadian farmers by reopening Mexican markets to Alberta potatoes. The Government reached an…

5 August 2008 Import of Fish Products, Vietnam establishment list Members are advised that the "List of Vietnam Establishments Eligible for Certification by Vietnam Authorities" has been updated at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/fispoi/import/viee.shtml

5 August 2008 Passport alternative approved in Saskatchewan This article is excerpted from the 31 July 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Saskatchewan residents looking to travel south of the border by land or water are getting an alternative to a passport. The provincial government said yesterday…

5 August 2008 Ministers oppose Michigan's new tax This article, by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Ontario Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan, is excerpted from the 2 August 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. There is a significant and long-standing trade partnership between Ontario and Michigan…

5 August 2008 Booming China Suddenly Worries That a Slowdown Is Taking Hold This article is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Many Chinese have been expecting a post-Olympics economic slowdown, but it has already started and the Games have not even begun. Chinese…

5 August 2008 CBP Notices: HMF Payment, Refund Changes, Morocco FTA Regulations This article is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 edition of “World Trade Interactive”. Proposed Changes to Harbor Maintenance Fee Payments, Refunds. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking comments by Oct. 6 on a…

5 August 2008 DOT extends Mexican truck program This article is excerpted from the 4 August 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Defying critics and members of Congress, the [US] Department of Transportation on Monday extended its controversial cross-border trucking program for two years. The…

5 August 2008 NFTC releases global supply chain benchmark study This article is excerpted from the 1 August 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The National Foreign Trade Council on Friday released a new study, Connecting the Dots: The Global Economy and Supply Chain Management, which explores…

5 August 2008 NCBFAA tries again for NVO tariff exemption This article is excerpted from the 4 August 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America has again asked the Federal Maritime Commission to exempt non-vessel-operating common…

5 August 2008 [US] Customs proposes e-payment for harbor maintenance fees This article is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The [US] Treasury Department and Customs and Border Protection are proposing electronic filing of quarterly harbor maintenance fee payments…

5 August 2008 Fed leaves rate unchanged This article is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The U.S. Federal Reserve Board, confronted with the perils of a slumping economy and rising inflation, has decided for a second straight meeting to leave interest rates unchanged…

5 August 2008 Nationwide container fee may be in U.S. future The following article is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. A national container fee may be the most equitable means available for the United States to raise the billions of dollars needed to build…

5 August 2008 ITC Releases The Year in Trade 2007 The following is excerpted from the US International Trade Commission’s news release of 4 August 2008. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today released The Year in Trade 2007, its annual overview of the previous year's trade-related…

1 August 2008 Carbon Steel Pipe Nipples and Adaptor Fittings, Expiry Review No. Rr-2007-003 IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, under subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the finding made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on July 16, 2003, in Inquiry No. NQ-2002-004…

1 August 2008 VIQAR HASAN vs CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2007-005 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on December 18, 2007, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated March 15, 2007, with…

1 August 2008 DOT Says Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Down Slightly in May The following was reported on in 1 August 2008 edition of World Trade Interactive. The [U.S.] Department of Transportation reports that U.S. surface transportation trade in goods with NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico…

1 August 2008 ITEM 80 - Carbon Steel, and ITEM 81 - Specialty Steel The purpose of this Notice is to inform importers that the steel import monitoring program has been extended to August 31, 2011. This Notice extends previous notices to importers concerning the steel import monitoring programme…