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The Trudeau government has asked for a NAFTA review of a Trump administration tariff on solar panel cells, saying the 30-per-cent charge is illegal and unfair. The Liberal government considers the latest trade challenge a part of its broader defence of the international-rules based trading order —…

Canadian corn is flowing into Europe at the fastest pace in four years, helped by retaliatory tariffs against the United States by the European Union that has shut American corn out of the bloc, traders said. Corn shipments to western European countries rose 85 percent year over year during the nine…

NAFTA's open borders expose Canadian exporters to counter-tariffs aimed at U.S. Soybean farmer Philip Shaw is suffering from the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Ironically, as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to up the ante with China, the NAFTA deal that he has called "the…

A) Chapter 05 was published to : i) add the following OGD extension. 05.11.99.1299.09 - Cell lines - Avian (bird) This created a requirement version change for the following HS codes originating from all countries except the United States. 05.11.99.1298.01 - Laboratory or tissue samples, fresh…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) and Document Image Functionality (DIF) For maintenance purposes, there will be an outage on Tuesday, July 24 from 02:00 and 05:00 (ET). During this outage, the CBSA is unable to…

Ottawa says Japan has ended its temporary suspension of Canadian wheat imports. Japan had halted shipments after some unauthorized genetically modified wheat was found in southern Alberta. Ottawa says the decision marks an end to all international trade actions arising from the discovery on June 14…

Notice of Initiation of Investigation https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/i-e/cswp32018/cswp32018-ni-eng.ht… The Notice of Commencement of Preliminary Injury Inquiry http://www.citt.gc.ca/en/node/8358 Investigation launched into carbon steel welded pipe from Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey and…

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference-Train & Engine (TCRC) have ratified a new four-year agreement. A five-year agreement was also ratified with CP's Kootenay Valley Railway conductors and locomotive engineers. "We would like to thank the…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI The CBSA would like to advise stakeholders that the first systems enhancements to move towards fulsome electronic house bill functionality will be occurring in production in the fall of 2018, impacting the…

Inflation fears are back. Dormant for well over a decade, prices again seem to be on the rise. Past episodes of inflation have done everything from aggravating analysts, politicians and the general public to inciting full-blown panic at times when the beast was out of control. These moments are…

President Donald Trump has indicated that he's willing to hit every product imported from China with tariffs and again criticized the Federal Reserve, as well as some of the nation's biggest trading partners. The comments sent U.S. markets sliding early Friday, but they later moved higher. In a…

A group representing major automakers will tell the U.S. Commerce Department today that imposing tariffs of 25 per cent on imported cars and parts would raise the price of U.S. vehicles by US$83 billion annually and cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, whose…

Canada's ambassador to the U.S. says President Donald Trump's repeated citing of national security issues to justify tariffs targeting Canada is wrong. Those justifications are being scrutinized by dozens of witnesses — including representatives from the Ontario and federal governments — at hearings…

The European Union will consider introducing tariffs on coal, pharmaceuticals and chemical products from the United States if President Donald Trump imposes restrictions on European cars, Germany’s Wirtschaftswoche magazine reported on Thursday. “Depending on progress made during the visit of…