Trade News

17 December 2007 Release Requests Statistics for November 2007 The CBSA has provided release requests statistics for the month of November 2007. The stats are available on the CSCB website at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/nov07.xls.

17 December 2007 The Government of Canada Announces Greater Flexibility for Air Services with Mexico The following is excerpted from the 14 December 2007 news release issued by Transport Canada. The Government of Canada today announced amendments to the bilateral air transport agreement with Mexico…

17 December 2007 Border security chills trade relations The following was reported on in 17 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada's trade relations with the United States are being hurt by U.S. protectionism and Washington's aggressive security bureaucracy, forces that are regularly…

17 December 2007 [Canadian] Marine Act amendments propose some changes sought by ports This article is extracted from the 17 December 2007 edition of “Canadian Sailings”. Canadian ports appear to be receiving some of the federal policy changes they had been lobbying for in a bill recently introduced…

17 December 2007 Prime Minister Harper Announces Canada’s New Food And Consumer Safety Action Plan The following is excerpted from the 17 December 2007 news release issued by the PMO. Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan, a comprehensive set of…

17 December 2007 U.S. trade deficit declines to lowest level in 2 years The following was reported on in 17 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The U.S. trade deficit declined during the third quarter to the lowest level in two years, raising hopes that the country's trade troubles could be…

14 December 2007 CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage EDI Mailbox Outage: Members are advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday December 15th from 5:00 am to 5:30 am and Sunday, December 16th, 2007 from 8:30 am to 9:00 am…

14 December 2007 Protectionist cheese standards a done deal The following is excerpted from Neil Reynolds’ column in the 14 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. U.S. intelligence got it wrong on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, but appears quite authoritative on one of Canada's most…

14 December 2007 Canada's trade with China soars The following was reported on in the 14 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canadian trade with China has surged in the last decade, surpassing the United Kingdom and Japan to snag the No. 2 trading partner spot after the United States. Trade…

14 December 2007 Homeland Security to test container security tech The following was reported on in the 13 December 2007 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. The Department of Homeland Security has issued a Request for Information for testing of container security devices. The goal of the RFI is to…

14 December 2007 U.S., EU mutual recognition of C-TPAT, AEO programs still faces hurdles The following is excerpted from the 14 December 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. While U.S. Customs and European Commission representatives say great strides have been made toward mutual recognition of each…

14 December 2007 EU opens probe into alleged steel dumping by China The following is excerpted from the 14 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The European Union launched an investigation Friday into whether China is dumping steel and hurting steel makers... European steel producers in…

14 December 2007 U.S.-China Trade Talks Conclude With Modest Deals and Mutual Wariness The following is excerpted from the 14 December 2007 edition of “New York Times”. The United States and China ended three days of intense economic talks Thursday with accords on food safety, energy and…

13 December 2007 PKI Certificate Authority Unavailable 16 Dec 2007 Members are advised that maintenance will be conducted on Internal Credential Management (ICM) Services during the scheduled maintenance window Sunday, December 16th, 2007 between the hours of 08:00 and 12:00 ET. ICM services will be…

13 December 2007 CBSA Message: CFIA HS Codes Members are advised that there have been some changes made to the list of HS Codes that require CFIA approval. The ACROSS system has already been updated, but the CBSA website will only be updated early next week. For the changes, please refer to the…

13 December 2007 CADEX-formatted Customs Tariff 2008 Members are advised that a revised CADEX-formatted Customs Tariff for 2008 is now available on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2008/cadex-eng.h…. The files have been compressed using WinZip. WinZip is…

13 December 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 44 was published: a) to modify the requirements with the following HS codes for the District of Columbia and Illinois to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - with bark. 44.03.91.0126.02 - Oak - other products such as logs - untreated 44.03.99.0131.04 -…

13 December 2007 Atlantic premiers want to fast-track trade corridor The following was reported on in the 13 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Three Atlantic premiers say they want an accelerated plan to create an international trade corridor through the region, but first they must…

13 December 2007 Labour Shortages are Glob al The following is a weekly commentary by Stephen S. Poloz of Export Development Canada issued on 12 December 2007. We hear about labour shortages a lot – there are not enough doctors, carpenters, plumbers, or skilled workers in general (except, perhaps…