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May 23, 2019

Elimination of Countermeasure Tariffs on U.S Steel and Aluminum and US Origin Goods

The Department of Finance issued a notice announcing that Canada has eliminated the countermeasure against the US steel… Read more 

May 17, 2019

Section 232 Update: Agreement reached to lift steel and aluminum tariffs and corresponding surtaxes

Last week, the governments of Canada, the United States and Mexico reached an agreement on the removal of… Read more 

May 17, 2019

WhatsApp hack may compromise carrier data

A cybersecurity breach in Facebook’s messaging app, WhatsApp, has left users vulnerable to malicious spyware installed on their… Read more 

May 16, 2019

Transfer of U.S. border officers from Canadian to Mexican border likely to cause delays

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has announced the transfer of 731 of its agents from… Read more 

May 16, 2019

Consultations Comprehensive Review of Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Administration

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) would like to inform you of the official launch of its public stakeholder consultation… Read more 

May 15, 2019

Regulatory Changes to Canada’s Compositional Standard for Beer

Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a notice to industry on the changes to modernize Canada’s beer compositional standards.… Read more 

May 15, 2019

Government of Canada Initiates Expiry Review concerning Carbon Steel Plate

On May 9, 2019, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) initiated an expiry review of its finding of… Read more 

May 13, 2019

CBSA Provides Details on Final Safeguard Measures on Heavy Plate and Stainless Steel Wire

On May 10, 2019, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) published Customs Notice 19-08 to announce an Order… Read more 

May 10, 2019

CPTPP Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) 2019 to 2020 Allocation Application Now Being Accepted

Imports of certain agricultural products into Canada are subject to import controls under Canada’s EIPA.  Accordingly, an import… Read more 

May 9, 2019

CFIA Plant Import Permits Applications and Dairy Export Certificates Available Online

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) advises that the My CFIA web portal will be accepting plant import permit… Read more