Trade News

20 June 2008 Government of Canada Announces New Air Agreement with Panama The following news release was issued by Transport Canada on 19 June 2008. A new air transport agreement with the Republic of Panama, a long-standing bilateral partner in Central America, was announced today by the Honourable…

20 June 2008 Funding boost for Canada ports The following article is excerpted from the 20 June 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canada this week looked to give its largest ports a competitive edge on rivals in the United States by easing restrictions on borrowing and dropping a ban on…

20 June 2008 Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and its Salts and Certain Other Compounds The proposed Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and its Salts and Certain Other Compounds Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the proposed Regulations) are to be made under subsection 93(1) and section 319 of the Canadian…

20 June 2008 McCain stumps for NAFTA The following article is excerpted from the 20 June 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Friday defended free trade and opposed renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. McCain…

19 June 2008 Memorandum D11-4-16, Advance Rulings Under Free Trade Agreements Form B227, Request for a Free Trade Agreement Advance Ruling or for a Review of a Free Trade Agreement Advance Ruling, has been cancelled by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Changes have been made to the…

19 June 2008 CADEX/CUSDEX Outage, 21 and 22 June 2008 Message ACI08-050 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 9:00 pm Saturday June 21st until 3:00 am…

19 June 2008 Appeal No. AP-2006-029, J. Walter Company Ltd. V. CBSA Decision and reasons issued, Friday, May 30, 2008 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 15, 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…

19 June 2008 CORRECTOR from CP: United States Statutory Holiday Service Request Process for July 4th, 2008 CPR will maintain train operations over the 4th of July holiday to minimize disruption to our customers' traffic and ensure a fluid network. Please review and respond on the following item so…

19 June 2008 Binational Effort One Step Closer to a New Border Crossing between Windsor and Detroit The following news release was issued by Transport Canada on 18 June 2008. The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Stockwell Day…

19 June 2008 Airport to cut fees for cargo carriers The following article is excerpted from the 19 June 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. The operator of Toronto's Pearson International Airport plans to reduce air cargo landing fees in an effort to win back lost business, but there are no…

19 June 2008 Canadian Chamber Economic Update - Inflation Report In May, the headline inflation rate (as measured by the All-items Consumer Price Index - CPI) jumped 2.2% year-over-year, up from 1.7% in the prior month. The acceleration was the sharpest since September 2007. The main contributor to…

19 June 2008 Higher logistics costs taking bigger bite of GDP: Survey This article is extracted from the 18 June 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Business logistics costs in 2007 exceeded 10 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the first time in eight years, to 10.1 percent, as…

19 June 2008 Trade Symposium 2008 The Annual U.S. Customs and Border Protection Trade Symposium is scheduled for October 29 – 31, 2008 at the JW Marriott, Washington, D.C. Further information regarding registration procedures and symposium details will become available within approximately 8 weeks…

19 June 2008 WTO in sight for Russia This article is excerpted from the 19 June 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Peter Mandelson, the European Union's trade chief, on Wednesday said that agreement can be reached in 2008 on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization if issues…

18 June 2008 Canada Day - CN Intermodal Gate Hours Here are the CN Intermodal gate hours for Tuesday, July 1st: Gates: Open - Close ************************************ HALIFAX (HIT) Tuesday 08:00 - 18:00 MONCTON Tuesday 00:01 - 23:59 MONTREAL (TASCHE) Tuesday 00:01 – 23:59 BRAMPTON (BIT) Tuesday 00…

18 June 2008 US Independence Day – CN Intermodal Gate Hours for July 4th Here are the CN Intermodal Gate Hours for Friday, July 4th, 2008. Gates: Open - Close ************************************ CHICAGO Thursday (3rd): Close at 23:00 Friday: Closed Saturday (5th): re-open at 07:00 DETROIT Friday…

18 June 2008 Appendix 9, "Requirements for treatment of plants for control of hemlock woolly adelgid", of Directive D-07-05 Appendix 9, "Requirements for treatment of plants for control of hemlock woolly adelgid", of Directive D-07-05, "Phytosanitary requirements to prevent the introduction and…

18 June 2008 Appendix 1, "Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Regulated Areas", of Directive D-07-05 Appendix 1, "Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Regulated Areas", of Directive D-07-05, "Phytosanitary requirements to prevent the introduction and spread of the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand) from the United…

18 June 2008 Quebec Civic Holiday Message EDI08-049 The following is information concerning this year's civic holiday in Québec on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. For all clients, overnight reports will run the evenings of Monday, June 23 and Tuesday day June 24, as usual. Daily notices/statements covering…