Trade News

6 February 2008 GAO Questions Usefulness of Third-Party Inspections for Food Safety This article is excerpted from the 6 February 2008 edition of “World Trade\Interactive”. In testimony to a House subcommittee last week, a Government Accountability Office director questioned the usefulness of…

6 February 2008 WTO drafts see no progress on Doha accord The following article is excerpted from the 6 February 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. This week’s upcoming compromise drafts for resolving the Doha Round impasse will reveal that major disagreements still exist between rich and…

5 February 2008 Notice of Intent to Conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Canada-Jordan Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) Closing date: February 18, 2008 The Government of Canada will undertake a Strategic Environmental Assessment (EA) of the negotiations for…

5 February 2008 Notice regarding CN Service Weather conditions have returned to seasonal norms, and as a result, CN's operations have returned to normal winter conditions. Length restrictions have been reduced, and traffic backlogs have been cleared throughout most of our Western Canada network.

5 February 2008 Peerless Clothing Inc. (Polyester Tuxedo Facing), Request No. TR-2007-003 On July 14, 1994, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) received terms of reference1 from the Minister of Finance (the Minister) pursuant to section 19 of the Canadian International Trade…

5 February 2008 Update to CRIA AIRS Web Site A) Chapter 05 was published to create a new requirement Id for the following HS codes for Mauritania. 05.11.91.1994 Fish meal (made exclusively of fish bones or shells of crustaceans) 05.11.99.1995.17 Fish meal (made exclusively of fish bones or shells of…

5 February 2008 Business pushes for new tax relief The following article is excerpted from the 4 February 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The federal government is coming under heavy pressure to sweeten research and development subsidies for business – by as much as $1-billion a year – even as…

5 February 2008 U.S. to Negotiate Investment, Financial Services Deal with Asia-Pacific Countries This article is excerpted from the 5 February 2008 edition of “WorldTrade\Interactive”. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced Feb. 4 that the U.S. will join negotiations on investment…

5 February 2008 China growth seen slowing This article is excerpted from the 5 February 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The World Bank revised its growth forecast for the Chinese economy in 2008 to 9.6 percent, down from an earlier forecast of 10.8 percent, as a result of the downturn in…

4 February 2008 SIMA Index for February, 2008 The SIMA index for February is now available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/monthly-eng.html

4 February 2008 Decision Document DD2008-69, Determination of the Safety of Pioneer Hi-Bred Production Ltd.’s Sulfonylurea-Tolerant ExpressSun™ Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) SU7 This Decision Document has been prepared to explain the regulatory decision reached under Dir94-08 Assessment Criteria…

4 February 2008 CP Customer Bulletin: International Customers - Port of Vancouver Gateway In our ongoing efforts to maintain fluidity in the Port of Vancouver Gateway, CP will be piloting our Dynamic Export Management (DEM) policy for the Port of Vancouver Gateway at our Bensenville Terminal…

4 February 2008 EICS / EXCOL Bulletin The EICS/EXCOL Telephone Help Desk is not available today, Monday 4th February 2008. The E-Mail Help Desk will continue to be monitored until 16:00 EST. [email protected] [email protected]

4 February 2008 Updated Meat Hygiene Directives The following meat hygiene directives are now available in HTML and PDF versions at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/meavia/mmopmmhv/direct/direct… MHD 2007-30 Chapter 10 - Annexes P to S-2 MHD 2007-29 Chapter 11 - Argentina and Croatia…

4 February 2008 International Bridges and Tunnels Act proposed to be made a trigger for a Federal Environmental Assessment The following notice was issued by Transport Canada on 1 February 2008. The discussion paper referred to in the document is available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment…

4 February 2008 CTA relays economic plight of trucking industry to committee The following article is extracted from the 1 February 2008 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. In an appearance before the Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, the Canadian Trucking…

4 February 2008 The Canada Revenue Agency offers business tax help on Saturdays The following news release was issued by the CRA on 4 February 2008. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will provide service on its business enquiries telephone lines on two Saturdays, February 16, and 23, 2008, from 10:00…

4 February 2008 Proposal for Elimination of the Tariff on Textured Polyester Yarns Finance Canada is seeking members’ views on a request received for the elimination of the tariff on textured polyester yarns. They propose adding a tariff line breakout to subheading No. 5402.33. The proposed breakout…