Monday, July 14, 2008
Rules on Formaldehyde Cause Backlog at Ports
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(CBC News) New rules to test fumes in containers that arrive at Canadian ports have resulted in a huge backlog of containers for inspection,...
Saturday, July 12, 2008
New Blueprints on Farm and Non-Farm Trade Issued for ‘Crucial’ Talks
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(WTO) The latest revisions of two papers including what could become the formulas for cutting tariffs and trade-distorting agricultural subs...
Friday, July 11, 2008
Oil Prices Past Point Where They Are a Good Thing to Oil Exporting Canada: Report
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(Oilweek – The Canadian Press) Soaring oil prices have started to deliver more pain than gain for the Canadian economy, which has profited f...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Democratic Group Urges Shift In U.S. Trade Policy
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(Washington Post – Doug Palmer) The next U.S. president should shift American trade policy away from an emphasis on bilateral free trade agr...
Court of International Trade Dismisses Harmonized Tariff Schedule Gender Discrimination Case
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(International Trade Law News) On July 3, 2008, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) denied Totes-Isotoner Corporation’s (“Totes”) cl...
Business Groups Oppose Effort to Reinstate Byrd Amendment
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(World Trade Interactive) Dozens of business groups are opposing an emerging effort to reinstate the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Ac...
Key Economic and Labour Force Issues Facing Canada’s Manufacturing Sector
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(Conference Board of Canada) The Conference Board of Canada has released a report for the Government of Canada identifying the key issues fa...
Canada Takes More Action to Protect Human Health and the Environment Under World Leading Chemicals Management Plan
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(Health Canada) The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, and the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today [Saturday...
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
10 + 2 = Big Changes
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(DC Velocity – Toby Gooley) Customs’ proposed “10 + 2” rule would have a profound effect on importers’ operations. Here’s what to expect If ...
Report Praises Efforts to Secure ACE Data
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(World Trade Interactive) A June 2008 report recently made public by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General prais...
Friday, July 4, 2008
Happy Independence Day
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(Video: Associated Press/Text: U.S. Census Bureau) Video: Fireworks lit up the sky over the South Dakota landmark Thursday night, kicking of...
Who’s Bucking Canada’s Export Recession?
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(Export Development Canada – Peter G. Hall) Open any Canadian newspaper these days, and you are likely to hear about layoffs, shutdowns, and...
State of Trade 2008 Report Now Available
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(DFAIT) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has released The State of Trade report, which is a comprehensive document ...
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Port of Halifax Hoping Fix is Quick
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(Tom Peters — Chronicle Herald) Authority says it has work to do before even thinking about long-term gain The Halifax Port Authority is con...
Government of Canada Eases Tax Compliance Burden for Internationally-Engaged Canadian Businesses
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(Department of Finance Canada) The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today [June 27] proposed changes to the Income Tax Act for...
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Canada/US Consider Trans-Border Pallet Rules
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(By Rick LeBlanc — MaterialsHandling.net) At the recent annual meeting of the Canadian pallet association, a Canadian government representat...
Happy Canada Day!
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Canada’s Economy Rebounds
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(Virginia Galt — Globe and Mail) After the unexpected contraction of Canada’s real gross domestic product in the first quarter of this 2008,...
Poll Suggest “Unease” Over Direction of the Country
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(Arielle Godbout — Canwest News Service) As Canada celebrates its birthday, only a slim majority of citizens feel the country is “moving in ...
Trade Has Saved America From Recession
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(Fred Bergsten — Financial Times) The global economy has clearly decoupled from the US and world growth remains close to 4 per cent in spite...
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