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The Trade Tribunal says resumption of dumping would result in injury to Canadian industry The Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced that it continued its finding made in January 2015 concerning the dumping of concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from China, the Republic of Korea and Turkey, and subsidizing of the aforementioned goods originating…

The eight round of negotiations for an EU-Australia trade agreement was held virtually Officials from the European Commission and Australia held virtually the 8th round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Australia from September 14 to 25 2020 in a series of video-conferences. The European Commission reports that 27…

Revised amounts could change the rates of anti-dumping duty payable on imports Read More

Interested parties are invited to submit their comments on the initial environmental assessment by November 10, 2020 Read More

 This second set of sanctions is being adopted in coordination with recent actions taken by the European Union and the United States Read More

The European Union may request authorization from the WTO’s DSB to take countermeasures with respect to the United States at a level not exceeding, in total, USD 3,993,212,564 annually Read More

Anti-dumping finding scheduled to expire unless CBSA and Tribunal decide to maintain it The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a review to determine if the expiry of its order from October 2015 is likely to lead to continued or resumed dumping of refined sugar from the United States of America, Denmark, the Federal Republic of…

Statistics Canada reports that exports decreased 1.0 percent in August while imports fell 1.2 percent Statistics Canada announced that the country’s August merchandise exports and imports stabilized after two months of strong growth. Imports fell 1.2%, while exports were down 1.0%. As imports fell faster than exports the merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed…

Strong trade performance in June and July have brought some signs of optimism for global trade World Trade Organization (WTO) economists announced that global trade shows signs of bouncing back from a deep COVID-19 induced slump, but they caution that any recovery could be disrupted by the ongoing pandemic effects. Strong trade performance in June…

Step by step information on the obligations of exporters in regard to Canadian laws and regulations The Canada Border Services Agency re-issued its Guide to exporting commercial goods from Canada. Electronic export declarations are required in almost every instance and certain goods are prohibited from exportation to certain countries, may require export permits, etc. The…

has been updated to remove all references to the Canadian Automated Export Declaration (CAED) and all references to paper-based reporting, etc Read More

Due to the ongoing hostilities in in Nagorno-Karabakh suspended suspended certain export permits to Turkey to allow time to further assess the situation Read More

Global Affairs Canada has prepared new Notices to Importers for the 2021 calendar year TRQs with an application period starting on October 1, 2020 and a deadline of November 15, 2020 Read More

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will require importers to either provide proof that romaine lettuce destined for import into Canada does not originate from counties in the Salinas Valley, or provide an official certificate of analysis from an accredited laboratory confirming that the lettuce has below-detectable levels of E. coli Read More

The two candidates who secured the broadest and deepest support from the membership and who should subsequently advance to the final round are Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and Yoo Myung-hee of the Republic of Korea Read More