Trade News

18 November 2008 World Leaders Pledge No New Trade Barriers to Help Speed Economic Recovery This article is excerpted from the 18 November 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. At a summit held in Washington, D.C., Nov. 15 on how to address the global economic crisis, leaders from 20 countries…

18 November 2008 CBP Conducts Second Round of C-TPAT Validations in China This news release was issued by the US Customs and Border Protection Agency on 17 November 2008. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and China Customs concluded a second round of joint supply chain security validation visits…

18 November 2008 Guide to C-TPAT Program Benefits available from US Customs US Customs and Border Protection has developed a guide to the benefits available from its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, C-TPAT. The guide is available on the CBP website at: http://www.customs.gov…

18 November 2008 The ICC Commission on Banking will continue exploring the impacts of the current situation This news release from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) was issued on 17 November 2008. Members of the ICC Commission on Banking Technique and Practice and representatives from…

18 November 2008 Lawmakers Told More Is Needed to Aid Economy This article is excerpted from the 18 November 2008 edition of “The New York Times”. Top financial officials warned Congress on Tuesday that the economy continued to need urgent attention, with the credit markets remaining tight, millions…

18 November 2008 US issues final rule covering import product safety This article is excerpted from the 18 November 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued final rules requiring importers and U.S. manufacturers to certify their products conform…

17 November 2008 CBSA Message: Procedures for System Problems The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-093). Please be advised that system problems should be reported directly to the Electronic Commerce Unit (ECU) at 888-957-7224. The ECU will investigate the problem and if it should be determined…

17 November 2008 2009 Beef and Veal Tariff Rate Quota The purpose of this message is to inform you that the 2009 Beef & Veal tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be accessible on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008, at 12:00hrs EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) (noon). The 2009 TRQ level established for Beef & Veal is…

17 November 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada have asked for comments on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. This Act applies to goods entering the U.S. and expands the self-certification requirements for consumer products…

17 November 2008 Certain Aluminum Extrusions, Preliminary Determinations On 17 November 2008 the CBSA made preliminary determinations of dumping and subsidizing in respect of aluminum extrusions produced via an extrusion process, of alloys having metallic elements falling within the alloy…

17 November 2008 CN Message: Reservations for week of November 24th Please be advised that, for this week only, reservations for trains for the week of November 24th will only be available starting at 14h00 on Wednesday, November 19th. Normally, reservations open up as of noon on Tuesdays. Please…

17 November 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website a) Chapter 44 was published to modify the requirements with the end use of "Imported for special purposes under section 43 - Plant Protection Regulations" for the following HS code. 44.01 - Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in…

17 November 2008 Upcoming CFIA system outage, November 22 Please note that all Internet traffic will be unavailable for 30 minutes within the four hour window from 8:00 am - 12 pm on Saturday, November 22nd. This outage will affect the availability of AIRS.

17 November 2008 Enhanced driver's licence or national identity card? The following article is extracted from the 17 November 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Andrew Clement is a professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Colin Bennett is a professor and chair of the…

17 November 2008 Border guards find gun training tough The following article is excerpted from the 15 November 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Canada's border guards have been struggling to meet firearms training requirements, with 12 per cent failing the three-week certification course on the…

17 November 2008 Government of Canada Holds Employment Insurance Premium Rate at Lowest Level in 15 Years The following news release was issued by Finance Canada on 14 November 2008. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and…

17 November 2008 Toasting a new economic order? This article is excerpted from the 17 November 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. … Most of the G20 leaders clearly blame lax U.S. policies for inciting the worst global economic crisis in decades, and while they were careful to avoid handing their…

17 November 2008 [US] NAM urges Doha revival This article is excerpted from the 14 November 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. On the eve of the G-20 summit in Washington, John Engler, president and chief executive of the U.S.-based National Association of Manufacturers, called on leaders to…

17 November 2008 EU official addresses trade impact of inspection regime This article is excerpted from the 14 November 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. U.S. efforts to move ahead with a law requiring all inbound cargo containers to be inspected at overseas ports by technical means would act as a…

17 November 2008 New Security Standards for [US] Freight Rail Systems The following article is excerpted from the 17 November 2008 edition of “WorldTrade\interactive”. The [US] Transportation Security Administration will shortly publish in the Federal Register a final rule aimed at strengthening the…