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Due to the unprecedented events of 2020, the CSCB is pleased to be offering an additional free CCS/CTCS designate quiz to support your professional development. In order to accommodate the addition of a fourth free opportunity to obtain points/credits during 2020 we will offering our third quiz one…

The United States notified the Dispute Settlement Body on 28 September 2020 of its decision to appeal the panel report in the case brought by Canada in “United States — Countervailing Measures on Softwood Lumber from Canada” (DS533). Given the ongoing lack of agreement among WTO members regarding…

Key Issue The CBSA and our federal partners are working with commercial stakeholders to ensure that commercial traffic is not impeded. COVID-19 Commercial Update to Industry Stakeholders, September 25, 2020 COVID-19 Rapport commercial aux intervenants de l’industrie Le 25 septembre 2020 Question clé…

A technical issue occurred preventing the uploading of the cheque numbers that were disbursed this period. The SOA will show the status as “Disbursed” without the corresponding cheque numbers. This has not affected the balance owing on the SOA. All questions related to this issue should be forwarded…

Small business sentiment saw no forward progress in September as the headwinds to the recovery continue to be strong. CFIB’s Business Barometer® Index, which is based on a 12-month forward expectation for business performance, held steady at 59.2 and its equivalent measure based on a shorter three…

In a much overlooked but certain to be impactful provision of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which came into force on July 1, 2020, Canada agreed to impose a prohibition on the importation of goods that are produced in whole or in part by forced or compulsory labour. According to…

Hard to believe that it has been three years since the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) came into effect. Maybe that has something to do with the political and economic climate since. And then there’s COVID-19. Large and significant trade deals almost seem like…

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal hereby gives notice that, pursuant to subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), it has initiated a preliminary injury inquiry to determine whether the evidence discloses a reasonable indication that the dumping of hot-rolled deformed steel…

Certain concrete reinforcing bar - RB3 2020 IN The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated an investigation on September 22, 2020, under the Special Import Measures Act respecting the alleged injurious dumping of certain concrete reinforcing bar from the People’s Democratic Republic of…

This memorandum outlines the CBSA’s administrative tariff classification policy of safety headgear. In Brief This memorandum has been revised to reflect current jurisprudence with respect to safety headgear, other protective headgear, athletic, of subheading 6506.10. This Memorandum is available in…

This is further to last year’s messages relating to Australia’s measures for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) for the 2019-2020 BMSB season. Australia has recently published an Industry Advice Notice announcing the renewal of these measures for the 2020 - 2021 BMSB season. The measures apply to…

The Port of Halifax Operations Centre website provides information on marine operations such as port security and tariffs, allows customers to view key performance indicators and terminal gate metrics and track containers and calculate transit times. https://www.portofhalifax.ca/port-operations…

The CBSA is pleased to announce that Trade Chain Partners can now use the SWI IID Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching Criteria to identify commodities regulated by a particular Participating Government Department or Agency (PGA) program. The Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching…