Trade News

The Canadian economy is expected to gather steam next year as demand from the U.S. spurs exports and investment, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. The IMF pegs Canadian growth at 2.25 per cent next year following modest growth of 1.6 per cent this year as exports and business…

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today released a new trade plan that reflects the changing global landscape, focuses on core Canadian strengths, aligns Canada’s trade, development and foreign policy tools to advance commercial interests around the world, and sets concrete…

The CSCB BC Region cordially invites you and your staff to A Carol Ship Dinner Cruise on 12 December 2013 at 6:30-9:30pm. Come and join the fun, on this fabulous 2.5 hour evening Carol Ship Dinner Cruise and Parade of Lights. It features a buffet turkey and ham dinner, cash bar, door prizes and a…

Further to our emails of 9 October 2013, the following are direct links to the two official notices relating to approved GPT and LDCT changes. Please note the effective dates of 1 January 2015. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2013/2013-10-09/html/sor-dors161-eng… http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr…

[US] Federal agencies are making progress in developing the International Trade Data System and the trade community has identified a number of features that should be included, according to a recent report from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection advisory panel. At a Nov. 15 meeting of the Advisory…

According to a Nov. 25 press release by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, chief negotiators for the 12 countries negotiating a Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement reported “significant progress” after six days of intensive meetings in Salt Lake City, Utah. The USTR notes that negotiators…

With a wary eye on Mexico, the drafters of 1994's North American free-trade agreement gave investors a powerful weapon to sue governments. The worry at the time was that Canadian and U.S. investors needed extra tools to protect against discrimination from unfair and opaque laws in Mexico, a country…

Marathon talks on the World Trade Organization's first-ever worldwide trade reform in Geneva failed early on Monday to agree on a text to put to ministers who meet in Bali next month. The fate of the agreement to streamline customs procedures and speed up global trade could now hang on whether the…

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, today issued the…

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 23 November 2013 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Notice No. HA-2013-019 — Appeals http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-11-23/html/commis-eng.html#… Unitized wall modules — Finding http://www…

...CBP is planning to complete core trade processing capabilities in ACE through seven deployments of new features over the next three years. This approach is based on the Agile software development methodology, which produces smaller pieces of functionality more frequently. The first of these…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and trade community representatives are continuing to work on developing a standard way for importers of record to establish their identity to customs brokers. A work group within the Trade Modernization Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Commercial…