Canada has ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to phase down the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons as of January 1, 2019. Canada will be required to: •phase down the consumption... Read more >

This article was originally published in Global Trade Magazine on Nov. 5, 2018 By Candace Sider, vice president of Government and Regulatory Affairs North America With the U.S. Congressional elections rapidly approaching, there’s been a fair bit of public analysis on... Read more >

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that on November 2, 2018, President Trump provided notice to Congress and the Government of Mauritania, of his intent to terminate Mauritania’s status as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under the African Growth and... Read more >

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is reaching out to importers of off-road diesel engines into Canada and manufacturers of such engines, to raise awareness of the upcoming importation and installation deadline for various transition engine power and emission standard... Read more >

President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 9813 on October 30, 2018 to modify the list of products eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and to advise that several countries should no longer be treated as beneficiary... Read more >

On October 30, 2018, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) initiated an expiry review of its finding of injury made on December 9, 2013, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of Thermoelectric Containers originating in or exported from China. The order... Read more >

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) publication in the Canada Gazette Part 1, vol 152, No. 43 gives notice on the final environment assessment of the CPTPP. The Government of Canada has concluded negotiations for a Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific... Read more >

On October 25, 2018, the Minister of International Trade Diversification announced that the Government of Canada received royal assent to Bill C-79, the act to implement the CPTPP. The CPTPP is a free trade agreement among Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile,... Read more >

On October 19, 2018, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) gave a Notice of Expiry of the finding made on December 20, 2013, concerning the dumping of certain structural tubing originating in or exported from Korea and Turkey. The finding... Read more >

On October 19, 2018, the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) determined that the expiry of the order made on August 19, 2013, regarding the dumping and subsidizing of certain carbon steel welded pipe originating in or exported from China would... Read more >