Sunday, March 1, 2009

U.S. Security Chief Seeks to Ease Canadian Fears

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(Tonda MacCharles — Toronto Star) Border review doesn’t mean ‘thickening’ of checkpoints ex-governor says The new boss of the U.S. homeland ...
Friday, February 27, 2009

U.S. Claims Victory in Lumber Case Against Canada

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(Reuters) An international tribunal has ruled for the United States in a dispute with Canada over a softwood lumber deal struck in 2006, the...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Napolitano: DHS Likely to Miss Cargo Scanning Deadline

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(NextGov.com – Juliana Gruenwald, CongressDaily) In her first hearing before Congress since being confirmed, Homeland Security Secretary Jan...

Revised D-Memos

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(CBSA) D19-5-1: Administration of the Hazardous Products Act and Regulations • This memorandum has been updated to accurately reflect the Ca...

Canada Holds Fire on New U.S. Meat Labeling Rules

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(Reuters – Louise Egan) Canada's agriculture minister said on Wednesday he sees no reason at this time to revive a trade challenge again...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The Evolution of Protectionism

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(Tom Travis — Entrepreneur.com) Have the effects of cross-border trade influenced U.S. policy in favor of protectionism? If your business is...

Obama: U.S. to Survive Economic “Day of Reckoning”

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(Video: C-SPAN • Story: Reuters) President Barack Obama sought to strike a delicate balance between hope and reality on Tuesday to reassure ...

New Release of CFIA EDI

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(CFIA) Please be advised that a new version of the CFIA EDI system is tentatively scheduled to rollout on March 3, 2009. The system was upda...

IBM Releases 2009 Chief Supply Chain Officer Study: Volatile Times Demand Pervasive Visibility and Flexibility

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(CNN Money) IBM’s Global Supply Chain study, based on face-to-face interviews with nearly 400 supply chain executives in 25 countries, revea...

Get Ready for Canadian Rule

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(Fast Company – Anya Kamenetz) Now that Dubai has collapsed, Canada’s looking like the next best place to weather the economic storm. “When ...

Private and Public Investment 2009 (Intentions)

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(Statistics Canada) Investments in non-residential construction and machinery and equipment are expected to total $237.5 billion in 2009, do...

Harper Hits Mark With Border Security Message

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(Jeff Davis — Embassy) It’s a message Canadian diplomats and political heavyweights doggedly repeat, but with only a brief mention, Presiden...

Canada’s Beef Industry Calls on Ottawa to File Trade Challenge Against U.S.

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(The Canadian Press) Only a week after expressing hope that U.S. President Barack Obama would soften a trade rule that is already hurting Ca...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Drawing a Tight Ring Around North America

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(Martin Collacott — Calgary Herald) Among the issues discussed by Prime Minister Harper and President Obama on Thursday were border security...

Japan Stations Food Safety Officials in Canada, Other Countries

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(Canada-Asia News – Mainichi Shimbun) The Japanese government has stationed 26 food safety officials at nine of its foreign diplomatic missi...

“Mexico, a Key Sourcing Hub for the Global Aerospace Industry” – Breakfast Presentation, March 5, 2009

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(Canadian Chamber of Commerce) The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico in partnership with The Mexican Consulate and ProMexico in Toronto...

U.S. COOL to Go Ahead Under Scrutiny

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(Grainews) In a move expected to create more uncertainty for [U.S.] importers of Canadian livestock and meat, the U.S. Department of Agricul...

Harper Stresses Importance of Trade

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(Sinclair Stewart — Globe & Mail) Prime Minister Stephen Harper swept into Manhattan for a series of high-level meetings on the economic...
Monday, February 23, 2009

‘Buy America’ in Stimulus (But Good Luck With That)

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(New York Times – Louis Uchitelle) The “Buy America” clause in the $787 billion stimulus package signed into law on Tuesday has a certain qu...

More Container Shipping Lines Announce Rate Increases

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(Transport Intelligence) APL and CMA CGM are set to join the growing ranks of global container shipping lines seeking to push up their rates...