Trade News

11 October 2007 U.S. Manufacturers Fear Doha Trade Round Failure This article is excerpted from the 10 October 2007 edition of “The New York Times”. World trade talks could be headed for failure if advanced developing countries like Brazil and India balk at opening their markets to more foreign…

11 October 2007 C-TPAT Program issues empty box reminder This article is extracted from the 10 October 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a letter [on 9 October] reminding ocean carriers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program that they…

10 October 2007 Dollar parity stops at the U.S. border The following article is excerpted from the 10 October 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Here's one surprising place where they don't treat the Canadian dollar at par – the Canadian border. The loonie has been trading at about parity with the…

10 October 2007 Presentations from NCBFAA 2007 Government Affairs Conference A number of the presentations made at the NCBFAA’s Government Affairs Conference last month are now available on the NCBFAA web site, at: http://www.ncbfaa.org/News/ItemsDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=2429

10 October 2007 CAFTA appears to have narrow victory in Costa Rica This article is excerpted from the 9 October 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. Preliminary results from the referendum election in Costa Rica for participation in the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement with the…

10 October 2007 U.S. Affects a Strong Silence on Its Weak Currency This article is extracted from the 10 October 2007 edition of “The New York Times”. The dollar is near record lows against the euro and has weakened considerably against several other major currencies, but officials in Washington are…

9 October 2007 Electronic Commerce Website The following notice is from the National Import Operations Division. The Electronic Commerce Unit (ECU) is happy to announce that it has created a section on the CBSA website specifically for electronic commerce clients. On this site, you will find…

9 October 2007 Update on Mainline Derailment in British Columbia (near Kamloops BC) The following notice is from Canadian Pacific. CP re-established train operations via temporary reroutes through the derailment site (approximately 55 miles west of Kamloops) last night. As a result, the movement of…

9 October 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS website (1) a) Chapter 20 was published with new OGD extensions. 20.05.59.2080 - Broad beans (air tight containers) 20.05.59.2081 - Kidney beans (air tight containers) 20.05.99.2084.23 - Burdock (air tight containers) 20.05.99.2084.24 - Cucumber (air tight…

9 October 2007 Costa Rica: Trade Pact Appears to Pass This article is excerpted from the 9 October 2007 edition of “The New York Times”. Voters in Costa Rica, Central America’s second biggest economy, backed a free trade agreement with the United States in a referendum Sunday. With 96.3 percent of…

9 October 2007 U.S. politicians of all stripes wrap themselves in the protectionist flag This article is extracted from the 9 October 2007 edition of “globeandmai.com”. The political winds have been shifting for a while on free trade. So much so that even most Republicans are no longer true…

5 October 2007 Vancouver Intermodal Terminal - Thanksgiving Weekend The following notice is from CN Intermodal Marketing. With the long weekend upon us, we expect that the terminal will be very busy on Tuesday, October 9th. For these reasons, we would encourage you to pick-up your containers at VIT…

5 October 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS website (1) Chapter 01 was published to change the conditions for the importation of ruminants from Florida. 01.06.19.2062 Camelidae 01.06.19.2061 Cervidae EXCEPT OGD extension 28 and 29 The change created a version change for the same HS codes related to the other…

5 October 2007 EDI System Outage The following notice is from National Import Operations Division. Please note that the EDI system is down. Until further notice, please present paper. At this time we are unable to determine when service will be restored however we will keep you informed as…

5 October 2007 EDI System now running The EDI System is now running normally. All EDI transactions received during the outage are now processing and no data was lost.

5 October 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS website (2) A) Chapter 05 was published to add import conditions for the following HS codes: 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 crustaceans) This…

5 October 2007 Economists see easing credit crisis This article is excerpted from the 5 October 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Canada's economy will not be seriously hurt by the subprime-mortgage debacle if the U.S. economy avoids recession as expected, the Conference Board of Canada says. TD…

5 October 2007 Globalization, According to the World, Is a Good Thing. Sort Of. This article is excerpted from the 4 October 2007 edition of “The New York Times”. Buoyed and battered by globalization, people around the world strongly view international trade as a good thing but harbor growing…