Trade News

13 January 2009 Obama talks of 'upgrade' to NAFTA with Mexico's Calderón This article is excerpted from the 13 January 2009 edition of “The Dallas Morning News”. Barack Obama told Mexican President Felipe Calderón on Monday that he wants to "upgrade" NAFTA, serving notice that he hasn't abandoned a…

12 January 2009 Minister Day Travels to California and Reinforces the Importance of Trade Relationship with U.S. in Advance of President-elect Obama Taking Office The following is excerpted from the 10 January 2009 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade…

12 January 2009 CBSA Message: Scheduled CIG outage The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-004). Please note that on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 1:00 am (Eastern Time), for maintenance purposes, there will be a 20 minute interruption in processing inbound and outbound data over the Customs…

12 January 2009 Government of Canada Responds to U.S. Country-of-Origin Labelling Measures The following is excerpted from today’s news release by DFAIT. The Government of the United States of America today published its final regulations for U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The Government…

12 January 2009 Obama's visit gives Harper chance to highlight Canada's importance as economic partner This article is excerpted from the 12 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pitch his government's proposal for a Canada-U.S. climate-change accord and urge…

12 January 2009 US-Canada trucks decline This article is extracted from the 9 January 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The busiest U.S.-Canada truck crossing suffered a sharp decline in traffic in December, and for all of 2008. The Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario…

12 January 2009 Lines diverting Vancouver ships as union talks go on The following article is excerpted from the 12 January 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Diversion of container ships from Canada’s west coast Port of Vancouver have become "significant" as marathon collective bargaining…

12 January 2009 Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey The following was issued today by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. About 100 firms were surveyed across the country in the fourth quarter of 2008 (between mid-November and mid-December) for the Bank of Canada’s quarterly 'Business Outlook…

12 January 2009 Over-stimulated? This article is excerpted from the 9 January 2009 edition of “American Shipper”. President-elect Obama urged Congress Thursday to quickly pass a giant government-spending bill designed to revive the ailing U.S. economy, saying dramatic action is needed to prevent the…

12 January 2009 All-scan on WCO agenda This article is extracted from the 9 January 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The World Customs Organization in 2009 will work to sustain confidence in the global trading system, including ongoing discussions with the United States regarding 100…

12 January 2009 US CBP ACE Portal Application and Program Participation The following is excerpted from the 9 January 2009 update on the CBP website. The ACE Secure Data Portal is currently expanding access. Sign up today and begin to file manifests electronically and make periodic payments on an…

12 January 2009 US releases details on country-of-origin labeling This article is excerpted from the 12 January 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Department of Agriculture today announced details of the final regulation for the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) program…

12 January 2009 2010: 'Year of the recovery' This article is excerpted from the 12 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The global economy will slow significantly this year with contractions in major countries but should recover in 2010, top central bankers said on Monday. European Central…

9 January 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 06 was published to add New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to requirement numbers 47737, 51681 51055, 46902 and 46904 and to add the State of Mississippi to requirement number 47733 for the following HS codes: 06.02.20.0017.90 Other (producing edible…

9 January 2009 Scheduled AIRS Outage, 17 January 2009 On Saturday, January 17, 2009, the Agriculture and Agrifood Canada (AAFC) Ottawa Data Centre will begin the fifth phase of a six-part move to the new National Headquarters Complex for the Agriculture Portfolio (NHCAP). As a result, AIRS will be…

9 January 2009 Ranks of jobless swell in Canada The following is excerpted from the 9 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Deepening economic gloom cost Canada 34,400 jobs last month –12,200 more than economists had been forecasting – with the big hit coming to full-time positions, especially…

9 January 2009 When the seven years of plenty came to an end… The following article was written by Peter G. Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada. Few believe that the standard New Year greeting applies to things economic. The shellshock of last fall’s seismic financial…

9 January 2009 [US] Unemployment Hits 7.2%, a 15-Year High The following is excerpted from the 9 January 2009 edition of the “New York Times”. With the recession in full swing, the [US] employers shed 524,000 jobs in December, the government reported Friday, and a rapidly deteriorating economy…

9 January 2009 Shippers cool to TSA capacity discussions The following is excerpted from the 8 January 2009 edition of the “American Shipper”. Shipper advocate organizations are expected to ask the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to question transpacific container lines’ need to jointly discuss…

9 January 2009 Idle US ports signal two 'bleak' years ahead in world trade The following was reported on in the 8 January 2009 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Port traffic is slowing around the world – everywhere from North America to Asia – as a recession erodes consumer demand…