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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is extending its Air Cargo Advanced Screening (ACAS) pilot for an additional nine months until July 26, the agency said. The program involves the transmission of data about air cargo destined to or transiting through the United States. Applicants can apply to…

Minutes of the Quebec Regional Committee meeting held on 1 May 2013 are now available on the Quebec Region page of the CSCB members site. To access, please go to our website at www.cscb.ca, login, click "My Account", "Member Services" tab and look under “Regional Activity" or “Recent Updates”.

Canada Beef/IE Canada are holding a webinar on the newly enacted levy to be collected on imported beef, beef cattle and beef products, starting January 2014. The discussion will include information on how the levy will be invoiced and a walk through of all the documents and forms. When: Tuesday…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that Deployment A, the first of seven planned releases of enhanced functionality under the Automated Commercial Environment, will be implemented on Nov. 2… This has been excerpted from the 28 October 2013 article by Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg LLP…

…The North American free-trade agreement turns 20 on Jan. 1, making it a "senior citizen" among the dozens of bilateral and regional trade deals negotiated since. With age has come not-so-benign neglect. As a forum for trilateralism, NAFTA has practically slid off the radar, with proposals to…

Canada and the European Union are hoping the momentum of last week's free-trade announcement will carry over into a troublesome side agreement. Sources close to the talks say the separate Strategic Partnership Agreement -- which covers non-trade matters such as human rights -- may get a shot in the…

A Canada-United States group that’s supposed to be streamlining trade and commerce between the world’s two biggest trading partners is instead suffering from a lack of momentum, disregarding new ideas and ignoring those industries affected the most by border barriers, stakeholders say. No fewer than…

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 26 October 2013 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act - Certain unitized wall modules — Decisions http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-10-26/html/commis-eng.html#… Canadian…

The 2013 Canadian Business Women in International Trade (BWIT) newsletter is now available at http://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/eng/businesswomen/document.jsp?did=1…. The BWIT newsletter is an annual publication that showcases successful Canadian women exporters, promotes the benefits of…

Footwear importers are mounting an all-out effort to convince Congress and the Obama administration that disproportionately large duties on their products are punishing both retailers and American consumers. Footwear last year racked up import duties of $2.4 billion, and over the past 10 years the…

Cheaper goods could be arriving sooner than expected as efforts are under way to speed up the implementation of the free-trade deal between Canada and the European Union. EU officials are currently looking at whether there are parts of the deal that do not require approval of the 28 member states…