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Negotiators have run into a series of early sticking points on nearly every major element considered key to achieving a new NAFTA agreement, The Canadian Press has learned. A recurring pattern involves one country raising a prized priority only to have other parties systematically refuse to engage…

A) Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes originating from the United States. NO VERSION CHANGE. 01.05.11.1010 - Day old chicks 01.05.11.1011 - Over 3 days old 01.05.11.1012 - Less than 3 days old 01.05.12.1010 - Day old poults 01.05.12.1011 - Over 3 days…

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Origin Quotas – Notices to importers and exporters The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act received Royal Assent on May 16, 2017 and will be provisionally applied on September 21, 2017. The Minister of…

A second round of NAFTA negotiations gets underway Friday in a country that has long served as Donald Trump's political whipping boy. Increasingly, there are indications Mexico is willing to whip back. After quietly, calmly working with Trump, the centrist governing party has declared a red line: if…

Further to the Freight Forwarder Implementation Webinar that took place yesterday, August 31, 2017, please find attached a copy of the presentation for your records. You will also find below a link to the audio recording of that call. We are also including the list of questions from the chat box…

Trade Controls Bureau offices will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2017 (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS and EXCOL systems will be available during normal hours.

Trade negotiators plan to take small steps forward in a second round of talks to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) this weekend, trying to ignore daily threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to tear it up if he does not get his way. Trump has used Twitter, press conferences…

This new memorandum describes the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) Rules of Origin. D11-5-14, Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) Rules of Origin http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d11/d11-5-14-eng.html

The following has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: D2-1-1, Temporary Importation of Baggage and Conveyances by Non-residents http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d2/d2-1-1-eng.html

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or eManifest Portal. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency will be closed on the statutory holiday of Labour Day on Monday, September 4, 2017. For urgent client…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency will be closed on the statutory holiday of Labour Day on Monday, September 4, 2017. For urgent client service outside business hours…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated its phytosanitary import requirements for wooden and bamboo products. Directive D-02-12: Phytosanitary import requirements for non-processed wood and other wooden products, bamboo and bamboo products, originating from all areas other than the…

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the initiation of new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether imports of uncoated groundwood paper from Canada are being dumped in the United States, and whether producers in Canada are receiving alleged…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is in the process of updating its website to harmonize the type of information provided and format used for food export requirements. Where available, information will be provided for each food commodity/destination market combination…

Please be advised that Canada and Argentina are negotiating the conditions to permit the import of poultry meat products from Argentina into Canada. The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) regulations prohibit the import (directly or…

A) Chapter 8 was published to add the following OGD extension. 08.10.90.4042 - Jujube (Fresh) B) Chapter 44 was published to: i) add a registration type to the following HS code originating from all countries except Continental United States. 44.21.99.0010 - Forestry Products: Wood turning blanks…

Mexico sees a serious risk the United States will withdraw from NAFTA and is planning for that eventuality, Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Tuesday, calling talks to renegotiate the deal a "roller coaster" that could lead to an impasse. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened three…

Don Krusel likes to tell newcomers to Prince Rupert just how dire things were for the north coast B.C. city 10 years ago. "The unemployment rate... was over 13 per cent," he recalled. "The pulp mill, which was the mainstay of the economy, had just gone into receivership. Down on the waterfront, the…