November 20, 2019 – On November 14, 2019 the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) concluded a re-investigation of the normal value and export prices applicable to certain carbon steel fasteners originating in or exported from China and Taiwan. The goods... Read more >

This article was originally published in Global Trade Magazine on Nov. 18, 2019. By JC Pachakkil, Senior Consultant, Livingston International For a great many years, global businesses have viewed the United Arab Emirates as an attractive global investment market. With... Read more >

November 19, 2019 – On November 8, 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 and subsidizing of certain corrosion-resistant steel sheet... Read more >

November 19, 2019 – Train operators went on strike just after midnight this morning. CN Rail has released the following statement: “We are informing you that the TCRC has initiated strike action. We will return to negotiations today with the... Read more >

November 19, 2019 – On November 12, 2019, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) gave a Notice of Expiry of the order made on January 30, 2015 concerning the dumping of certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel... Read more >

November 19, 2019 – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced they will be holding a public hearing, and accepting comments, in their country practice review of General System of Preferences (GSP) eligibility for nine countries: Azerbaijan:  focusing... Read more >

November 18, 2019 – CN rail has released the following statement: “We would like to update you on CN’s collective bargaining with the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference (TCRC-CTY), which represents approximately 3,200 of CN employees working as train conductors and... Read more >

November 11, 2019 – The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) are now in force with licensing and traceability requirements in effect for many businesses in the fresh fruits or vegetables (FFV) sector. On January 15, 2020, the preventive control requirements of... Read more >

November 8, 2019 – The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) granted a fourth round of exclusions from Section 301 additional duties on Chinese origin products, found on List 3. Two exclusions are for the complete Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number: 8409.91.3000... Read more >

November 8, 2019 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like to encourage all food businesses that have a valid Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence to fill out additional establishment information through My CFIA. The data collected will... Read more >