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Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on March 31 and April 7, 2018. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act: Certain dry wheat pasta — Decisions Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeals: Notice No. HA-2017-025 Environment, Dept. of Canadian Environmental…

2018 CSCB Quebec Regional Conference - Registration Now Open

The CSCB Quebec Region is pleased to announce that the registration for the annual regional conference is now open. The conference will take place on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at the Sheraton Montreal Airport Hotel in Dorval. Join us to engage with Marc Séguin, CBSA Director of Revenue Accounting and…
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Community Customs Brokers Inc. - CSCB Membership Application

The CSCB has received an application for membership from Community Customs Brokers Inc. The CSCB contact is Ms. Cindy Christensen, CEO, who is also the qualified officer. The licence was issued in April 2018 for Surrey. The contact information follows: Community Customs Brokers Inc. 17750 65 A Ave…

Early Bird Registration for the 2018 CSCB National Conference is now OPEN!

The 2018 CSCB National Conference will take place from Saturday, September 29 to Tuesday October 2, in Puerto Vallarta on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. The beautiful Westin Resort & Spa Puerto Vallarta will be our venue. Our conference theme this year is “ A North American Perspective for Customs Brokers…

New method of accessing ECCRD chapters online

The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is happy to announce that we are undertaking a pilot test of a new Government of Canada offering called “GCcollab”. By design, it is intended as an information sharing tool between government representatives at…

2018 Designate Quiz Schedule

Results of the first designate quiz of 2018, which ended on April 5th, will be available on April 20th. The two remaining quizzes of 2018 will take place on the following dates. 2018 Quiz Schedule Available Due Quiz 2 June 7 June 28 Quiz 3 October 4 October 25 As always, each quiz is worth ten…

'80% chance' of NAFTA deal by May, Mexico says

Officials from the United States and Mexico said Monday that NAFTA talks are progressing well, but not enough to announce a deal in principle in the near future. Mexico's economy minister said he saw an 80 per cent chance of a new NAFTA deal by the first week of May, and told a TV interviewer that…

CP rail conductors and locomotive engineers authorize strike: union

Canadian Pacific Railway ( CP.TO) conductors and locomotive engineers on Friday voted to authorize a strike action that could have the 3,000 workers walk off the job as early as April 21, Teamsters Canada said in a statement. The workers, whose collective agreement expired late last year, are asking…

China vows to fight back as Trump asks for another $100B in tariffs

China's government vowed Friday to "counterattack with great strength" if President Donald Trump goes ahead with plans to raise U.S. tariffs on an additional $100 billion worth of Chinese goods and said negotiations were impossible under current conditions. Trump's surprise move Thursday to instruct…

NAFTA ministers meet in Washington hoping to reach a deal

Top trade officials from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are meeting in Washington, DC today as part of what could be the final stretch of NAFTA renegotiation talks. A meeting of trade negotiators was postponed to allow U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso…

2018 CSCB BC Regional Conference - Registration Now Open

The CSCB BC Region is pleased to announce that the registration for the annual regional conference is now open. The conference will take place on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond. Join us to engage with Marc Séguin, CBSA Director of Revenue Accounting and Reporting…

CBSA Message (TCC18-038) - GCcollab - Online access to ECCRDs

The following is further to TCCU Bulletin TCC18-034 concerning the launch of GCcollab, a new tool we are pilot testing to allow clients the ability to view and download Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Documents (ECCRDs) online. Because this tool is “by invitation only”, we have just…

Next round of NAFTA talks on hold as ministers meet in Washington

The next formal round of NAFTA talks has been put on hold, in lieu of a series of high-level political meetings in Washington. The U.S. side had been expected to host the eighth round of trade talks as early as this Sunday, in Washington, but a source with direct knowledge of the situation told CBC…

Carbon Steel Welded Pipe, Expiry No. LE-2018-001

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act ( SIMA), that its order made on August 19, 2013, in Expiry Review No. RR‑2012‑003, continuing, without amendment, its finding made on August 20, 2008, in…

Canadian international merchandise trade, February 2018

Canada's merchandise trade deficit totalled $2.7 billion in February, widening from a $1.9 billion deficit in January. Imports rose 1.9%, mainly due to higher imports of energy products. Exports increased 0.4%, primarily on higher exports of passenger cars and light trucks. In real (or in volume)…

Winners and losers of the looming trade war between China and the U.S.

Few predict Canada will come out ahead, but there may be marginal gains to be had While few are suggesting the good outweighs the bad in what's looking increasingly like a trade war between the world's two largest economies, that's not to say there won't be any individual winners and losers as the…

First Designate Quiz of 2018 due Thursday, April 5th

The first Designate Quiz of 2018 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 5, 2018 to submit your answers online. To access the quiz, you must login to your CSCB account, then click on 1. My CCS -> 2. My CCS Quizzes -> 3. Select the quiz. 2018 Quiz Schedule Available Due Quiz 1…

CFIA Scheduled System Maintenance, 5 April

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 April 5th, 2018 from 6:00am until 7:00am (EST). Consequently, the CFIA Digital Document Store Application (DDS) will not be available…