Trade News

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The Canada Revenue Agency has released the following publication: NEWS83, Excise and GST/HST News – No. 83 (Winter 2012). It is available on the CRA website at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gr/news83/README.html __________________________________________________

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The following is excerpted from the 25 January 2012 edition of Embassy Magazine. Relatively few issues remain within the Canada-European free trade talks, and officials expect the deal to be completed by the summer, European representatives say. "The negotiations are still going on, but they are really getting down to details that need to be solved, and simply going on with a very good dynamic," said Tomás Dupla del Moral, director for the Americas for the European External Action Service, during a visit to Ottawa last week.

The following is excerpted from a 24 January 2012 news release by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Canadian cattle, sheep and goat producers will benefit from new access to yet another international market. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast announced today that the Government of Canada has secured live ruminant market access to the Philippines.

Bulletin - PKI Maintenance Schedule (EICS Web and EDI): The PKI Certificate Authority (ICM) is scheduling system maintenance during the weekend of 27-29 January 2012. The PKI Directory Service will be transferred to a back-up system on Friday, January 27, 2012 between 20:00 and 24:00 hrs (midnight) ET, and will revert to the main system on Sunday, January 29th between 14:00 and 18:00 hrs ET. PKI services may be intermittently unavailable during these switchovers.

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The following is excerpted from the 24 January 2012 edition of The Montreal Gazette. Days after the Obama administration rejected the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, the U.S. has thrown a trade olive branch to Canada - agreeing to extend a contentious softwood lumber deal until 2015. The new pact with the U.S. comes on the eve of Prime Minister Stephen Harper heading to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. This article is available in its entirety at:

The following is excerpted from the 22 January 2012 edition of the Financial Post. Canada needs to look beyond its southern neighbour for markets because the United States economy is unlikely to ever fully recover, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney said Sunday. In an interview with CTV’s Question Period, Carney said that it is vital for Canada to look for new trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere to prevent the economy from being dragged down by the U.S. This article is available in its entirety at:

The following is from the 23 January 2012 edition of the Journal of Commerce. Paula Stern says single department would give government a more complete view A new U.S. cabinet department dedicated to trade would give the government a more complete view of trade and the national economy, said a former chairwoman of the International Trade Commission.

The following is excerpted from a 24 January 2012 release by Statistics Canada. Retail sales in November rose for a fourth consecutive month, increasing 0.3% to $38.7 billion. Gains were reported in 7 of 11 subsectors, representing 65% of total retail sales. In volume terms, sales were also up for a fourth month in a row, increasing 0.5%. This release is available in its entirety at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120124/dq120124a-eng.htm

The following is excerpted from a 20 January 2012 news release by the World Trade Organization. On 20 January 2012, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established three panels: one to review anti-dumping duties imposed by China on EU X-ray scanners, one on China’s anti-dumping and countervailing measures on US chicken broiler products and one to review measures applied by Canada in its renewable energy sector. It also adopted the panel and Appellate Body reports which reviewed the Philippines’ tax regime on distilled spirits.

The following is excerpted from the 24 January 2012 edition of Reuters Canada. Japan probably produced its first trade deficit last year in more than three decades as energy imports surged to cover for the loss of nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster, a major blow to an economy built on its exports prowess. For decades Japan used an exports-orientated economic policy to build up global brand names such as Toyota, Sony and Canon and a manufacturing might that was the envy of the world. This article is available in its entirety at:

The following is excerpted from a 23 January 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Extending agreement that returned $5 billion to exporters and that ensures future stability is great news for Canadian lumber workers and their families, says International Trade Minister

Registration for the CSCB Toronto Region general meeting on January 26, 2012 is now available. The meeting will be held between 5:00 and 8:00 pm. And it will take place at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel, 6257 Airport Road in Mississauga. 5 CCS Points towards maintenance of the CCS designation will be awarded for this meeting. For a meeting agenda and registration please click here.

The following is excerpted from a 20 January 2012 news release by the World Trade Organization. The Sub-Committee on Least Developed Countries, on 20 January, agreed to start work on developing recommendations to “further strengthen, streamline and operationalize” current guidelines on the accession process of LDCs, as called for in a decision by the Eighth WTO Ministerial Conference last month. This release is available in its entirety at:

The following is from the 23 January 2012 edition of the Journal of Commerce.