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Tribunal will now determine whether the expiry of duties is likely to result in injury to Canadian industry In October 2020, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review of its concerning the dumping of refined sugar, originating in or exported from the United States, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and…
Read MoreCanadian trademark or geographical indication rights holders can file a request for assistance Since most counterfeit goods are produced abroad, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has established a process under which intellectual property rights holders/owners can ask the Agency to temporarily detain suspected counterfeit and/or pirated goods encountered at the border while the rights…
Read MoreIATA notes that all regions saw improvement and North America and Africa were the strongest performers The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released January 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand returned to pre-COVID levels (January 2019) for the first time since the onset of the crisis. January demand also…
Read MoreTrade continued to rebound in the fourth quarter of 2020, with exports up 7.2% and imports up 6.8% The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reports that G20 international merchandise trade continued to rebound in the fourth quarter of 2020 (exports up 7.2% and imports up 6.8%), following the sharp falls seen in the…
Read MoreThe review is part of the CBSA’s enforcement of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s (CITT) order issued on September 2, 2020 Read More
Read MoreMake sure your Safe Food for Canadians licence is issued for the appropriate food commodity(ies) Read More
Read MoreAddition of of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Read More
Read MoreSeveral of the new concerns address issues related to the environment, with a focus on energy consumption and labelling of electronic and electrical equipment Read More
Read MoreAnti-dumping/countervailing duties will not be collected by the CBSA on importations of these goods The Canadian International Trade Tribunal determined that the dumping and subsidizing of certain decorative and other non-structural plywood originating in or exported from China, have not caused injury and are not threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry. As the…
Read MoreProvisional anti-dumping and/or countervailing duties could soon apply to importations of these goods After conducting a preliminary injury inquiry the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) announced that it found a a reasonable indication that the dumping and subsidizing of certain upholstered domestic seating, originating in or exported from China and Vietnam, have caused injury or…
Read MoreMarked improvement in merchandise trade since it dropped sharply in the first half of last year According to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) latest Goods Trade Barometer, global merchandise trade volume growth remained strong in the fourth quarter of 2020 after trade rebounded in the third quarter from a deep COVID-19 induced slump The barometer’s…
Read MoreTraffic from domestic freight operations increased while traffic from the U.S. remained low Statistics Canada reports that Canadian railways carried 32.4 million tonnes of freight in December, the same amount as in December 2019, and the second highest on record for the month of December. Following a strong 6.0% year-over-year growth in November, this signals…
Read MoreA WTO panel was established to determine whether Canadian federal, provincial and municipal support measures for Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft program were consistent with the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Read More
Read MoreThe number of exporting enterprises in Canada rose 1.4% in December to 19,649, the largest month-over-month growth since July Read More
Read MorePrepared by the WTO Secretariat, this new edition in the “WTO Agreements” series aims at enhancing understanding of the TBT Agreement Read More
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