Thursday, July 30, 2009

Revised D Notices on CBSA Website

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(CBSA) The following are now available on the CBSA Web site: D19-13-2: Importing and Exporting Firearms, Weapons and Devices This memorandu...

Customs Notices

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(CBSA) The following is now available on the CBSA Web site: Customs Notice 09-015: Adopting Electronic Export Reporting This notice is to i...

U.S. House Defeats Sweeping Reform of Food Safety

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(Reuters) The U.S. House defeated a proposed sweeping reform of the federal food safety system on Wednesday amid complaints it would bury sm...

WTO Farm Deal Would Open China’s Markets Significantly, Study Finds

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(Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest) A global trade deal at the WTO would lead to significant cuts in China’s already-low agricultural tariffs...

Partners in Protection Program (PIP) Update

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(CBSA) Partners in Protection (PIP) is a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) program that enlists the cooperation of private industry to en...

Canada-U.S. Price Gap Narrows

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(Toronto Star) BMO economist says strong loonie and consumer outcry helped close gap to 6.8% from 18% last year Canadians are paying a littl...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Canada Needs to Put Its House in Order, Too

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(David Hale — Financial Post) It is difficult to imagine the United States and Canada having a trade war after signing a free-trade deal in ...

The Canada-U.S. Bilateral Ledger

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(Embassy – Leslie Campbell) Where Canada is winning and losing in Obama’s America The annual August Congressional break always seems to prom...

Cabinet Ministers Differ on Whether Recession Is Actually Over

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(The Canadian Press) Conservative cabinet ministers aren’t all singing from the same songbook when it comes to the recession. Finance Minist...

Railway Carloadings Down in May

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(Statistics Canada) The Canadian railway industry loaded 19.1 million metric tonnes in May, down 21.4% from the same month in 2008. The drop...

Food Safety Bill to Omit Brokers

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(Journal of Commerce Online – R.G.Edmonson) Amended legislation will not include penalties for brokers, say lobbyists Customs brokers appare...

Mexican Truck Program Revival Clears First Hurdles

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(Today’s Trucking) A plan to allow Mexican trucks to once again cross the American border beyond the longstanding 25-mile restriction zone m...

EU Commission Publishes Annual Report on US Trade and Investment Barriers

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(Europa Online) The European Commission has published its annual report on barriers to trade and investment in the United States. The report...

Why America Shouldn’t “Buy American”

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(Ted Balaker & Nick Gillespie — Reason TV) Is your iPod unpatriotic? Its 451 parts are made in dozens of nations, and creating the littl...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

U.S. State Transportation Statistics 2008

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(CIFFA eBulletin) The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released State Transportation Statistics 2008 (STS) – a 140-page r...

Trade Protectionism: We Don’t Buy It

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(Rachel Pulfer — Canadian Business) If you're mad about Buy American, here's the good news: so are Americans. Of all the sectors due...
Monday, July 27, 2009

At a Border Crossing, Security Trumps Openness

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(Nicolai Ouroussoff — New York Times) It has been nearly eight years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but the fears and anxieties they gave...

Canada to Launch Protest Against Seal Product Ban

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(CTV News) Canada will launch a formal protest with the World Trade Organization over a ban on the import of seal products approved by the E...

Demise of Dollar as International Currency?

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(Fora TV) Niall Ferguson and James Fallows debate the statement by Zhou Xiaochuan, head of China’s central bank, calling for the replacement...
Friday, July 24, 2009

WCO Recommended Tariff Schedule Changes Slated to Take Effect January 1, 2012

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(World Trade Interactive) The World Customs Organization has posted to its Web site a list of recommended amendments to the Harmonized Syste...