Trade News

18 December 2007 A 'what if' UBS list of economic scenarios This article is excerpted from the 18 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Just as experts around the world are weighing in with their best assessments of what will happen next year in the global economies and global markets, UBS…

18 December 2007 U.S. politicians renew drive to delay passport requirement This article is excerpted from the 18 December 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. American legislators are renewing their push to delay requiring passports at the Canada-U.S. border until June 2009 by slipping the measure…

18 December 2007 The Canada Revenue Agency informs Canadians on tax relief measures The following is excerpted from the 17 December 2007 news release issued by CRA. Minister of National Revenue Gordon O'Connor today assured Canadians that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is ready to support taxpayers…

18 December 2007 Notice of Change, GST/HST Memoranda 4.4, Agriculture and Fishing The following paragraph [14.1] was inserted after paragraph 14 of the GST/HST Memoranda 4.4 Agriculture and Fishing. 14.1 Hay is ordinarily sold in bales of various sizes and shapes. For a supply of hay to be zero…

18 December 2007 U.S. grants EU postal, warehouse concessions This article has been extracted from the 18 December 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The United States has agreed to concessions on postal services and warehousing with the European Union as compensation for Washington's…

17 December 2007 CBSA Message: Holiday Schedule The Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA will be closed on Tuesday, December 25th and Wednesday, December 26th. December 25th and 26th will not be counted in the calculation of overdue entries. B3 entries processed and accepted on December 25th and…

17 December 2007 Exports decrease for the third consecutive month The following was reported on in the 14 December 2007 edition of Canadian Transportation & Logistics. Exports edged down for the third consecutive month in October, Statistics Canada records reveal. Decreases in agricultural and…

17 December 2007 EICS: Connectivity Unavailable Connectivity to EICS is down due to technical problems (PKI). An investigation is underway, and further information will be provided as it becomes available.

17 December 2007 GTA-Commercial District CBSA/CSCB Meeting Minutes Minutes from the 22 November 2007 GTA Commercial District meeting are now available to members in the members-only area of the CSCB website, under Regions, Toronto Region (login is required). The minutes include a list of CBSA ports…

17 December 2007 Release Requests Statistics for November 2007 The CBSA has provided release requests statistics for the month of November 2007. The stats are available on the CSCB website at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/nov07.xls.

17 December 2007 The Government of Canada Announces Greater Flexibility for Air Services with Mexico The following is excerpted from the 14 December 2007 news release issued by Transport Canada. The Government of Canada today announced amendments to the bilateral air transport agreement with Mexico…

17 December 2007 Border security chills trade relations The following was reported on in 17 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada's trade relations with the United States are being hurt by U.S. protectionism and Washington's aggressive security bureaucracy, forces that are regularly…

17 December 2007 [Canadian] Marine Act amendments propose some changes sought by ports This article is extracted from the 17 December 2007 edition of “Canadian Sailings”. Canadian ports appear to be receiving some of the federal policy changes they had been lobbying for in a bill recently introduced…

17 December 2007 Prime Minister Harper Announces Canada’s New Food And Consumer Safety Action Plan The following is excerpted from the 17 December 2007 news release issued by the PMO. Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan, a comprehensive set of…

17 December 2007 U.S. trade deficit declines to lowest level in 2 years The following was reported on in 17 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The U.S. trade deficit declined during the third quarter to the lowest level in two years, raising hopes that the country's trade troubles could be…

14 December 2007 CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage EDI Mailbox Outage: Members are advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday December 15th from 5:00 am to 5:30 am and Sunday, December 16th, 2007 from 8:30 am to 9:00 am…

14 December 2007 Protectionist cheese standards a done deal The following is excerpted from Neil Reynolds’ column in the 14 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. U.S. intelligence got it wrong on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, but appears quite authoritative on one of Canada's most…

14 December 2007 Canada's trade with China soars The following was reported on in the 14 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canadian trade with China has surged in the last decade, surpassing the United Kingdom and Japan to snag the No. 2 trading partner spot after the United States. Trade…

14 December 2007 Homeland Security to test container security tech The following was reported on in the 13 December 2007 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. The Department of Homeland Security has issued a Request for Information for testing of container security devices. The goal of the RFI is to…