This article was originally published on May 7, 2018 in the Journal of Commerce. By Mike Wilder, Vice-President, Managed Services, Livingston International May is slated to be a banner month for US trade policy. A list of key US trading... Read more >
On January 23, 2018, Canada and ten other countries agreed on the core elements of a new agreement and concluded negotiations for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), formerly known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The CPTPP... Read more >
This article was originally published in B.C. Shipping News on April 22, 2018. By Candace Sider, Vice-President, Regulatory and Public Affairs, North America Canadian companies that rely heavily on cross-border or global trade could be forgiven for feeling somewhat anxious... Read more >
This article was originally published in Global Trade Magazine on April 22, 2018 Businesses across Canada and the United States that currently make use of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are fairly passive about the outcome of the... Read more >
This article was originally published in the Journal of Commerce on April 20, 2018 By Cora Di Pietro, Vice President of Consulting at Livingston International There’s been a sense of hyper urgency around NAFTA over the past few weeks. In... Read more >
This article was originally published in the Journal of Commerce on April 18, 2018. By David Rish, president of Global Trade Management at Livingston International The relationship between NAFTA and auto manufacturing is a complex one. Automakers have established robust... Read more >
This article was originally published on April 17, 2018 in the Financial Post, Montreal Gazette, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Regina Leader Post, Windsor Star, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal and Vancouver Province. By Stéphan Galarneau, Head of Small Business, Livingston International... Read more >
Just prior to Section 232 coming into effect at 12:01 a.m. EDT on March 23, 2018, the Proclamations requiring a 25% duty on steel articles and 10% duty on aluminum articles were amended to include additional country exemptions . The... Read more >
This article was originally published in Global Trade Magazine on Feb. 28, 2018 By Cora Di Pietro, Vice President of Global Trade Consulting, Livingston International When the text for the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was released last week, astute observers... Read more >
Effective November 2, 2017, provisional duties are no longer payable on certain silicon metal originating in or exported from Brazil, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Norway and Thailand. On November 3, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) published it’s finding that the... Read more >