Trade News
Posted: Jan 4, 2018
Category: Our experts speak
This article was originally published in the Journal of Commerce on Jan. 4, 2018 By Candace Sider, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, North America For businesses that make consistent use of the cost-savings associated with NAFTA trade, the ongoing negotiations have... Read more >
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Posted: Jan 24, 2018
Category: Canada regulatory updates
On January 19, 2018, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) gave notice that it had initiated an expiry review of its order made on March 11, 2013, to continue with an earlier finding concerning the dumping and subsidizing of seamless... Read more >
Posted: Jan 18, 2018
Category: Canada regulatory updates
Canada Border Services Agency CBSA recently issued a Customs Notice CN18-01 advising on a CITT decision rendered on centrifugal knives which open automatically by centrifugal force now considered as a prohibited weapon. Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) rendered a decision... Read more >
Posted: Jan 18, 2018
Category: Canada regulatory updates
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is confirming that as of February 1, 2018, Arundo donax (giant reed) will be regulated as a pest plant under the Plant Protection Act due to the significant risk it poses to Canada’s plant... Read more >
Posted: Jan 14, 2018
Category: U.S. regulatory updates
The US Department Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the 2018 rates it will charge meat and poultry establishments, egg products plants, and importers and exporters for providing voluntary, overtime and holiday inspection and identification, certification and... Read more >
Posted: Jan 12, 2018
Category: Canada regulatory updates
Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) issued a Custom Notice CN18-02 advising of recent changes of permit requirements for exports to China. As of October 21, 2016, according to the Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations... Read more >
Posted: Jan 11, 2018
Category: U.S. regulatory updates, Canada regulatory updates
On January 3, 2018, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) formally announced a decision, which allows certain types of Canadian vehicles that do not comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) as... Read more >
Posted: Jan 11, 2018
Category: Canada regulatory updates
Health Canada advises on the coming into force of two new rules that will better protect Canadians from the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Antimicrobial-resistant infections are becoming more frequent and increasingly difficult to treat. While can occur naturally,... Read more >
Posted: Jan 11, 2018
Category: Canada regulatory updates
On January 5, 2018 CBSA provided a Statement of Reasons concerning its December 22, 2017 expiry review decision of Certain Liquid Dielectric Transformers from Korea. The CBSA expiry review was completed and a determination found that the expiry of the... Read more >