Trade News

19 January 2009 CBSA Message: NRCan HS Codes The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-007). Members are advised that the CSCB is following up with CBSA/NRCan as to why we were not notified of these changes sooner. Please note that there have been some changes to the list of HS codes subject to…

19 January 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 01 was published to change the release recommendation to REFUSE ENTRY for pet birds from Nepal due to Avian Influenza outbreak. These changes apply to the end use: Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution 01.06.32 -…

19 January 2009 Heading down The following article is extracted from the 19 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. … The Governor of the Bank of Canada is widely expected to aggressively cut his key interest rate again tomorrow, but the problem that has plagued the central bank for much of the…

19 January 2009 'No lack of projects' for infrastructure spending The following article is excerpted from the 19 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. As the countdown to massive government stimulus packages accelerates, famed money manager Bill Gross has some practical advice: "Shake hands…

19 January 2009 Obama popularity in Canada an opportunity for Harper The following article is excerpted from the 19 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Tomorrow, Barack Obama will lift a hand to swear his oath as America's 44th president, and then Stephen Harper's government will wrap its…

19 January 2009 Ottawa unveils new funding for business This article is extracted from the 19 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Industry Minister Tony Clement Monday unveiled $1.5-billion in Business Development Bank of Canada funding to help spur credit. The initiative is aimed at…

19 January 2009 Harper needs stronger U.S. relations: Report The following is excerpted from the 19 January 2009 edition of “Ottawa Citizen”. From energy to the economy, oil to Afghanistan, Canada must become a “credible contributor” and not an “annoying diversion” to Barack Obama’s new…

19 January 2009 Flaherty budget could put tech back on track The following article, by Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, appeared in the 19 January 2009 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty…

19 January 2009 Despite warnings, PM touts fixes for short term The following article is excerpted from the 16 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has warned that Ottawa will be forced to run "very significant deficits" in the next few years to pull Canada out…

19 January 2009 Sharp Trade Contraction Knows No Borders This article is extracted from the 17 January 2009 edition of “The New York Times”. World trade, a booming source of growth for most of the last five years, is suddenly shriveling, with exports declining in almost every country as the world…

19 January 2009 CBP Frontline Magazine, Fall/Winter 2008 Issue Members can find the latest issue of US Customs’ Frontline magazine on their website at: http://cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/publications/frontline_magazin…

19 January 2009 Napolitano doesn’t embrace scan-all law This article is excerpted from the 19 January 2009 edition of “American Shipper”. Homeland Security-secretary designee Janet Napolitano has indicated during her confirmation process that her thinking on 100-percent scanning of ocean containers…

16 January 2009 Release Requests Received, December 2008 The release requests received report for December 2008 is available on the CSCB website at: www.cscb.ca/listinfo/ReleaseRequestsReceived_Dec08.xls.

16 January 2009 CBSA Message: Customs Office 0205 (St-Croix) The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-006). Please be advised that effective January 16, 2009, Customs Office 0205 St-Croix is automated for ACROSS releases.

16 January 2009 U.S. recovery key to revival of economy The following is excerpted from the 16 January 2009 edition of “Toronto Star”. Can Barack Obama save Canada? While the budget now being prepared by Prime Minister Stephen Harper is intended to spur economic growth, the revival of Canada's…

16 January 2009 Sides exchange proposals in Vancouver contract talks The following was reported on in the 16 January 2009 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. Contract negotiations continue in Vancouver between British Columbia waterfront employers and unionized ship and dock foremen at the province’s…

16 January 2009 UN predicts no growth this year The following is excerpted from the 15 January 2009 edition of “Toronto Star”. The world economy is heading for zero growth in 2009 as a deepening recession in rich countries slows the sale of consumer goods and raw materials from developing nations…

16 January 2009 US producers cry foul over new Canada lumber move The following was reported on in the 15 January 2009 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. The U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports charges that British Columbia, which supplies most of the $10 billion in Canadian lumber exports to the…

16 January 2009 North American surface trade falls 2.1% in October The following was reported on in the 14 January 2009 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Trade using surface transportation between the Canada, the US and Mexico was down 2.1% in October compared with the same period in…

16 January 2009 US government approves new Detroit-Windsor border crossing system The following is excerpted from the 15 January 2009 news release by the Michigan Department of Transportation. The [US] federal government … issued a long-awaited decision approving a new Detroit-Windsor border…