Trade News

5 August 2004 Ambassador Bridge owners seek 2nd span to ease Ont.-Mich. border congestion The following article is excerpted from the “National Post” on 5 August 2004. The owners of the Ambassador Bridge have asked U.S. and Canadian authorities for permission to build a second, $300 million US ($394…

4 August 2004 CN582 Certain Wood Slats Originating in or Exported from Mexico and People’s Republic of China This Customs Notice advises that on 23 July 2004, the CBSA initiated a review pursuant to section 55 of the SIMA. This review follows the CITT’s findings of material injury issued on 18 June…

4 August 2004 Mixed reactions to WTO deal The following article is excerpted from the 3 August 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Despite widespread skepticism from agricultural unions and non-governmental organizations, governments in Europe and Asia expressed cautious optimism today about…

4 August 2004 FAST/NEXUS Presentations in British Columbia and Washington State The CBSA is making presentations on FAST and NEXUS in Blaine, WA and Surrey, BC on 20 and 21 August respectively. A FAST/NEXUS lane will be in place at the Pacific Highway/Blaine border crossing in the autumn. The…

4 August 2004 New Virus – W32/Evaman.c@mm W32.Evaman.C@mm is a mass-mailing worm. It sends HTTP Get requests to the Web site, email.people.yahoo.com, to obtain email addresses. It also retrieves email addresses from Windows Address Book files and from the files with the extensions .adb, .asp, .cfg,…

3 August 2004 Publication of Revised Export Regulations The following message is from the Export Process Division of the CBSA. The text of the Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations are found in the Canada Gazette, part I, of 31 July 2004 at http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2004/20040731/html…

3 August 2004 Autumn Series of Educational Programs in Southern Ontario Details of the autumn program of courses sponsored by the CSCB Ontario Region, the CBSA Southern Ontario Region’s Customs Verification & Services unit, I.E. Canada and AICBA are now available on the CSCB web site, at: http://www…

3 August 2004 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapters 05, 15, 19, and 21 were published. 05.04.00 - Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked/Boyaux, vessies et estomacs d'animaux, entiers ou en…

3 August 2004 Free-trade zones at ports urged The following article is excerpted from “globeandmail.com” on 3 August 2004. Canada should consider creating free-trade zones at its major ports to cut red tape and keep the country competitive with ports south of the border, says the head of the…

3 August 2004 Entering Brampton Intermodal Terminal – Week of August 2-8, 2004 The following message is from the Customer Support Centre at CN in Winnipeg. Due to expected high volumes of Import loads at Brampton Intermodal Terminal following the Civic Long Weekend combined with the backlog from the…

3 August 2004 Major NVOs, NIT League seek swift FMC action on contracting freedom The following article is excerpted from the 3 August 2004 edition of “American Shipper”. UPS, FedEx, other major non-vessel-operating common carriers and the National Industrial Transportation League late Monday [2…

3 August 2004 Message from CPR regarding C-TPAT The following message is from the Vice-President for Customer Service at CPR. Canadian Pacific Railway, as a member of Customs - Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), would like to remind all of our employees, customers and supply chain…

2 August 2004 Customs staff to step up slowdowns at border The following article is excerpted from the 2 August 2004 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Members can check the status of border waiting times on the CBSA web site, at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/general/times/menu-e.html. There were no major…

2 August 2004 Gruelling sessions yield results The following meeting summary is excerpted from the World Trade Organization announcement of 31 July 2004; this is available on the WTO web site, at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news04_e/dda_package_sum_31july04_e.h… …. During the General Council…

1 August 2004 SIMA Index for August, 2004 The SIMA index for August, 2004 is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html

1 August 2004 Doha Negotiations Back on Track The following press release is from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, on 31 July 2004. Canada today [31 July] joined other World Trade Organization (WTO) members in welcoming a framework for negotiations that will allow the WTO's…

30 July 2004 WTO Talks Continue in Geneva: Draft Text Released The following is a news release from DFAIT. International Trade Minister Jim Peterson and Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Andy Mitchell are in Geneva to negotiate a framework for the next stages of the World Trade Organization (WTO…