Trade News

19 February 2008 American visitors turned away as border screens find misdeeds The following article is excerpted from the 18 February 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Past indiscretions are coming back to haunt thousands of American travellers heading north as Canadian border guards use improved…

19 February 2008 Government signs agreement with the GTA Airports Authority The following news release was issued on 15 Februar6 2008. The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance and Minister Responsible…

19 February 2008 Carney stays the course The following article is extracted from the 18 February 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The Bank of Canada's new governor, Mark Carney, is using his first speech to stand behind the tepid growth forecasts of the former governor, but also to urge Canadian…

19 February 2008 Gearing up for the slowdown The following article is excerpted from the 19 February 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canadian companies are curbing costs and tweaking investment plans as the U.S. economy sputters, possibly to the point of recession - but they're not in slash-and…

19 February 2008 Most of EU spurns WTO trade proposals This article is excerpted from the 18 February 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. France said Monday that 20 European countries have rejected the latest World Trade Organization proposals for a global trade deal as being too damaging to…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in cooperation with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has begun processing the first 5-year renewals for the U.S./Canada FAST Commercial Driver program. As of Feb. 4, 2008, CBP and CBSA had jointly processed 716 renewal requests. In short, 13 percent…

15 February 2008 Customs Notice 08-004 -- Memoranda D9-1-1, D9-1-15 and D9-1-17 This notice informs the public of amendments to the memoranda on the importation of obscenity and hate propaganda, and of the publication of a new prrocedural memorandum on the determination of obscenity and hate…

15 February 2008 UPDATE from CPR to February 1st Bulletin titled “INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS - PORT OF VANCOUVER GATEWAY” Please notice that our pilot will be effective at all of CP’s US terminals as of March 1, 2008. In our ongoing efforts to maintain fluidity in the Port of Vancouver Gateway, CP will…

15 February 2008 CBSA message re: Scheduled Maintenance Outage on 17 February 2008 Message EDI08-017 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency. General EDI Outage: For maintenance purposes, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 7…

15 February 2008 Intermodal & International Customer Bulletin: Quebec Spring Thaw Restrictions The Quebec Ministry of Transport wiplement the annual spring thaw weight restrictions in March 2008. Effective March 1, 2008 Canadian Pacific will not accept/ingate any overweight containers. Shipment…

15 February 2008 Release Requests for January, 2008 The CBSA has provided release statistics for January, 2008 at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/release_requests_received_-_jan’08.xls

15 February 2008 Scheduled Maintenance Outage on 16 and 17 February 2008 Message EDI08-017 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency. EDI Mailbox outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and…

15 February 2008 Pact for unions, CP Rail The following article is excerpted from the 14 February 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canadian Pacific Railway on Thursday announced that 4,500 locomotive engineers and conductors represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference ratified a…

15 February 2008 Government to Table its Third Budget on February 26, 2008 Members may wish to note that relevant details from the next Budget will be provided on 26 February from the CSCB national office as soon as Budget documents are made available. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of…

15 February 2008 The Secure Freight Report Heads to Congress The following article is excerpted from the 14 February 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The Secure Freight Initiative for conducting automated inspections of all U.S.-bound containers at a handful of foreign ports is conceptually…

15 February 2008 Taking a CBP-Wide Approach to ACE This news release from US Customs and Border Protection was published on 11 February, and appeared on their web site on 14 February. The Office of International Trade is playing a vital role in creating Automated Commercial Environment entry summary…

15 February 2008 US CBP Unified Business Resumption Messaging Alert – Maritime On 14 February 2008 CBP issued an alert. To view the messages, direction, and updates to enable post-incident trade resumption, please visit the CBP web site at http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/import/communications_to…

15 February 2008 U.S. sinks deeper... The following article is excerpted from the 15 February 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Sluggish growth, more interest rate relief, but no recession. That's the latest status update on the slumping U.S. economy from Federal Reserve Board chief Ben Bernanke…

14 February 2008 Canadian Pacific and Running Trades union reach agreement Canadian Pacific (TSX/NYSE: CP) was notified by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference [on 13 February] that the Memorandum of Settlement reached in December by Canadian Pacific and the Teamsters has now been ratified by the…

14 February 2008 "Fish List", Vietnam list Members are advised that the "List of Vietnam Establishments Eligible forCertification by Vietnam Authorities" has been updated at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/fispoi/import/viee.shtml . The "List of Canadian Acceptable Common Names for Fish…