Trade News

Winnipeg’s business community will be jolted into thinking about transport in new ways thanks to a series of upcoming lectures co-sponsored by the University of Manitoba. The Transport Institute in the Asper School of Business is pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen Blank, Fulbright Visiting…

Chapter 15 was published to streamline the import conditions for the following HS code for the end use "Human consumption". 15.01.90.5397.01 - Dried powder or flake form 15.01.90.5398.01 - Dried powder or flake form This generate a requirement version change to the same HS codes for the end use…

The World Economic Forum has published a report entitled Enabling Trade: Valuing Growth Opportunities. This report examines supply chain barriers to international trade and concludes that they are far more significant impediments to trade than tariffs. Findings from this report include: Reducing…

Members may be interested in recent articles published in the Financial Post and on the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ website regarding Canada’s 4th annual Red Tape Awareness Week, ending today. Access to these articles is available here: http://business.financialpost.com/tag/red-tape…

The following is excerpted from a 22 January 2013 news release by The Conference Board of Canada. The “lost decade” of essentially no growth in Canadian exports is due less to the strong dollar and more to the rise of China and other emerging economies. A Conference Board of Canada report for the…

The following is excerpted from a 24 January 2013 news release by Transport Canada. Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Member of Parliament for Delta—Richmond East, on behalf of the Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today announced that the Government…

The following is excerpted from a 24 January 2013 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today made the following statement about the departure of Ambassador Ron Kirk from the…

The following is excerpted from the 24 January 2013 edition of CBC News. A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office finds that the Conservative government's spending restraint program is focusing on front line services, while back office spending continues to rise. That's exactly the opposite…

The following is from the Monetary Policy Report released by the Bank of Canada on 23 January 2013. Following an estimated 1.9 per cent in 2012, the Canadian economy is expected to grow by 2.0 per cent in 2013 and 2.7 per cent in 2014, and to reach full capacity in the second half of 2014, later…

The recent decision of the CITT in Frito-Lay Canada Inc. v. President of the Canada Border Services Agency is significant for all Canadian importers and customs brokers. It provides relief in those reasonably common situations where importers don’t claim NAFTA when goods are duty free under MFN…

The following is from the 23 January 2013 edition of Embassy Magazine. Provinces are staying home, says Quebec’s chief negotiator. Canadian and European chief negotiators are in Brussels this week playing their best hands in hopes of striking a trade deal that one observer says could be signed…

The following is from the 23 January 2013 edition of Embassy Magazine. Canada should take the lead in trying to wrap up a trade deal this year with the Caribbean Community, called CARICOM. Such a deal could become a model for Canada’s negotiations with other developing countries on its priority list…

The following is from the 23 January 2013 edition of Embassy Magazine. Hee-yong Cho says Korea trade talks need ‘flexibility.’ South Korean Ambassador Hee-yong Cho says he wants no tariffs on imports of Korean cars to Canada, while urging his Korean colleagues and his Canadian counterparts to show a…

The following is from the 22 January 2013 edition of Journal of Commerce. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexico’s Tax Administration Service have signed a joint work plan that lays out a plan for the mutual recognition of their authorized economic operator programs, the United States’…

The following has been updated and is now available on the CBSA Web site: Memorandum D19-13-2, Importing and Exporting Firearms, Weapons and Devices http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d19/d19-13-2-eng.html

The following is excerpted from a 22 January 2013 news release by The Conference Board of Canada. The “lost decade” of essentially no growth in Canadian exports is due less to the strong dollar and more to the rise of China and other emerging economies. A Conference Board of Canada report for the…