Trade Compliance

Implementation of the New TPP

Posted December 18, 2018

Under International Trade Issues, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Trade Compliance News

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will soon be in effect in Canada and five other countries that ratified the CPTPP last October to create one of the largest free trade agreements in the world that aims to streamline business between 11 Pacific Rim nations with a combined population of nearly 500 million people and roughly 13% of the world’s economic output.  Continue Reading

Canada Customs & Other Regulatory Trade Updates: November-Dec. 2018

Posted December 13, 2018

Under Canadian Customs Issues, Trade Compliance News

A summary of recent regulatory updates, notifications, and technical bulletins from the Canada Border Services Agency and other federal government departments, agencies and administrative entities concerning Canadian imports and exports.  Continue Reading

Assessing the Economic Impact of Actions Taken by ‘Tariff Man’

Posted December 10, 2018

Under International Trade Issues

The Trump administration’s tariffs on thousands of products from China and other countries has increased taxes on Americans by almost $42 billion, according to a new report from the Tax Foundation that was published last week, just as U.S. stock markets were cratering amid investor skepticism of Trump’s China talks and renewed concerns about the effects of a prolonged trade war between the world’s two largest economies.  Continue Reading

After Signing New USMCA, Trump Threatens to Cancel Existing NAFTA

Posted December 03, 2018

Under International Trade Issues

Canada, the United States, and Mexico took a significant step last week towards advancing the revamped NAFTA and easing commercial tensions in the region, as leaders of the three countries signed a successor trade pact that was hammered out over more than a year of sometimes fractious negotiations. Shortly afterwards though, President Trump once again threatened to blow up the existing trade deal in a risky political gambit to pressure lawmakers into approving the new trade pact that faces mounting opposition from both sides of the aisle.  Continue Reading

USTR’s Updated Section 301 Report Says China Hasn’t ‘Fundamentally Altered’ Unfair Trade Practices

Posted November 29, 2018

Under International Trade Issues

In a move widely seen as paving the way for a possible further escalation of trade tensions between the United States and China, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative last week published an update to its Section 301 investigation, finding that Beijing “has not fundamentally altered its unfair, unreasonable, and market-distorting practices.”  Continue Reading

Applications Now Being Accepted for Tariff Rate Quota Allocations Under the New TPP

Posted November 27, 2018

Under Canadian Customs Issues, International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News

Ahead of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership taking effect next year, the Government of Canada has advised that applications are now being accepted for the tariff rate quotas applicable to various goods in the dairy, poultry and egg sectors.  Continue Reading