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As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing maintenance on Sunday September 23rd, 2018 from 5:00am until 7:00am (EST). Consequently, the CFIA Digital Document Store Application (DDS) may not be available…

Readers take note – Darrel Pearson, head of Bennett Jones international trade and investment practice, is quoted in this article. You can still have the opportunity of meeting Darrel in person at the CSCB annual conference where he and Peter Kirby, a partner at Fasken, will be discussing the…

Having dealt with a number of "tough issues" this week in Washington, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is leaving her NAFTA negotiators to work around the clock in the U.S. capital while she flies home to host an international meeting of female foreign ministers in Montreal. "We discussed…

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for August 2018 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 97.10.

The United States has backed away from its contentious demands for lucrative procurement projects in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, The Canadian Press has learned. Mexico and Canada are both quietly taking credit for standing firm against the controversial U.S…

This memorandum outlines the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) requirements and procedures for Canadian Airport Authorities that operate the International to Domestic Connections Process (ITD Process). The ITD Process applies to travellers who are transiting from an international flight to a…

This memorandum outlines and explains the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) procedures when dealing with suspect obscenity and hate propaganda (including sedition and treason). This memorandum was revised to modify the address in paragraph 39. The memorandum is available in its entirety on the…

With a U.S. Congressional deadline looming, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters in Washington today that the only NAFTA timeline she's working to is the one that will end up delivering the deal Canada wants. "The only target we are aiming for is getting a good deal for Canada,"…

This memorandum outlines and explains the legislation, regulations and general guidelines that apply to the importation of vehicles. This memorandum has been updated to: a) clarify how vehicles are processed using Single Window Initiative (SWI) Integrated Import Declaration (IID) (service option (SO…

The United States' trade war with China is leading to fears that Canada will be used as a "gray market" conduit to the Chinese market for lobsters from Maine. China slapped a 25 per cent tariff on U.S. lobster in July — effectively closing the fastest-growing market in the world to Maine's lobster…

IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, pursuant to subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: CARBON STEEL WELDED PIPE Preliminary Determination of Injury was issued Tuesday, September 18, 2018 and is available on the CITT website.

Chrystia Freeland thanked Canadians for their support after her team of negotiators worked through the night in Washington D.C. leading up to the resumption of high-level trade negotiations with the Trump administration today. Canada's foreign affairs minister was asked by journalists today about…

Canada maintains that its efforts to evade American tariffs on steel and aluminum, and threatened tariffs on cars, are on a "separate track" from the ongoing NAFTA talks. But that's not how U.S. President Donald Trump sees it. His attempts to use tariffs as leverage in NAFTA negotiations have become…

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing maintenance on Thursday September 20th, 2018 from 5:30am until 6:30am (EST). Consequently, the CFIA Digital Document Store Application (DDS) may not be available…

Chapter 19 was published to: i) add the following OGD extensions. 19.02.19.7300.00 - Pasta containing more than 2% and less than 20% meat 19.02.19.7300.01 - Containing beef - hermetically sealed, canned 19.02.19.7300.02 - Containing beef - hermetically sealed, pouch 19.02.19.7300.03 - Containing…

Given the frequency and ferocity of the Trump administration’s attacks on dairy supply management, one might think Canada was the only NAFTA country clinging to controversial agricultural protections. Yet, if the perennial target for free trade advocates in Canada is milk, in the U.S. it is sugar…

Returned quantities available for reallocation This message is to inform industry stakeholders that, as of September 10, 2018, the CETA Industrial Cheese TRQ for 2018 is open to requests for allocations from resident of Canada further processors that are not allocation holders for 2018 or have not…