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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…

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…

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…

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'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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

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…

On April 3, 2018 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency streamlined its plant protection program concerning the import, transfer and handling of organisms – such as insects, bacteria, fungi and yeast species – that pose risk to the health of Canada's agriculture, forests and natural environment. Find…

Notice was received by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on March 28, 2018, from the Director General of the Trade and Anti-dumping Programs Directorate at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), stating that a preliminary determination had been made respecting the dumping and subsidizing…

This memorandum provides clarification regarding the general application of the NAFTA de minimis provision for textile and apparel goods of Chapters 50 to 63 of the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff. It also further clarifies the policy regarding the application…

China responds to trade and aluminum tariffs, but more could be coming China slapped import duties of up to $3 billion US on American pork, metal, fruit, nuts, wine, ginseng and dozens more products on Sunday, the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the two countries. China laid out the…

On March 28, 2018, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), made preliminary determinations of dumping and subsidizing with respect to certain dry wheat pasta from Turkey. The subject goods are usually classified under the…

U.S. trade negotiators have floated a plan to introduce rules under a reworked NAFTA that stipulate a certain amount of automotive production must be carried out in areas paying higher salaries, two sources familiar with the matter said. Setting such wage requirements for the auto industry under the…