This article was originally published in Global Trade Magazine on Oct. 8, 2019.  By Cora Di Pietro, Vice President, Global Trade Consulting In a recent Senate Finance Committee report, U.S. Trade Czar Robert Lighthizer opined that Vietnam must take action... Read more >

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) provides information of the new documents on the requirements that apply to the preparation of Fish products containing meat or Meat products containing shellfish and the import of Fish products containing meat or Meat products... Read more >

October 7, 2019 – On September 30, 2019, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that it has launched an investigation under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) respecting the alleged injurious dumping of certain sucker rods originating in or... Read more >

[Updated October 09, 2019] October 7, 2019 – The U.S. will impose Section 301 duties on European Union (EU origin) products effective October 18, 2019. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that arbitration by the World Trade Organization (WTO), in... Read more >

October 4, 2019 – Due to the delay in issuing the Single Window Initiative (SWI), Integrated Import Declaration (IID) ECCRD Addendum, the deadline to sunset the legacy Other Government Department (OGD) release service options (OGD PARS and OGD RMD) will... Read more >

October 4, 2019 – Global Affairs Canada advises that as of September 18, 2019, quantities are available under the WTO products of natural milk constituents TRQ for 2019, including for allocations to import other products of natural milk constituents (e.g.... Read more >

October 4, 2019 – Global Affairs Canada (GAC) recently issued a notice to industry to advise on the TRQ administration change for supply managed quota goods to streamline the notices into one document and one location for all the key... Read more >

October 4, 2019 – The United States and Japan have reached an agreement regarding negotiations in market access for certain agriculture and industrial goods, as well as digital trade. 90 percent of U.S. food and agricultural products imported into Japan... Read more >

October 3, 2019 – The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) granted new Exclusions from Section 301 additional duties on Chinese origin products, found on Lists 1 and 2. Approved were: List 1: Eight Tranche of Exclusions, reflected in 92 specially prepared... Read more >

October 1, 2019 – On September 27, 2019, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the initiation of a re-investigation to update the normal values and export prices respecting certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG I) and certain seamless casing... Read more >