Thursday, December 24, 2009

A Harmonized (Tariff) Christmas

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(SEDA-Council of Governments) For this analysis, we assumed that the Lords, Ladies, maids, and entertainers are not performing defense servi...

U.S., China Square Up Over Trade Disputes

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(Alibaba.com – Kang Juan) Tensions over trade frictions between China and the U.S. heightened Wednesday with U.S. trade authorities criticiz...

12 Days of Gift-Giving Cost True Love $21,466

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(New York Times – Elizabeth Olson) The partridge is a deal, and so is the pear tree, for the generous giver who wants to bestow the gifts li...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

BMO Predicting 2.5% GDP Growth in 2010, Rates to Rise in Second Half

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(CBC News – The Canadian Press) The Bank of Montreal is predicting Canada and the United States will post gross domestic product growth of 2...

OECD Statistics on International Trade in Services 2009

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(OECD) This book includes summary tables by country and by service category and zone totals for the European Union, Euro area, G7, NAFTA, OE...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

U.S. Freight Transportation Gateways Report

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(CIFFA eBulletin) The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics released on Friday America's Freight T...

Centralization of B2 Processing

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(CBSA) Effective April 1, 2010, the processing of B2 adjustment requests, with certain exceptions, will be centralized at two locations. See...

9 Steps to Perfecting the Global Trade Balance

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(Logistics Today – Carmen Yunker, J.P.Morgan) U.S. export compliance enforcement continues to escalate. The recent $9.4 million export compl...

U.S. Chamber: International Trade Can Help Get U.S. Economy Moving

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(DC Velocity – Toby Gooley) At a time when the United States needs to create jobs and get its economy moving again, why isn't anyone in ...

U.S. Lumber Law Falls Short, GAO Says

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(Journal of Commerce Online – R.G.Edmonson) Questionable data clouds oversight in U.S.-Canada trade Congressional legislation has done littl...

EU Demands in Free Trade Talks Would Retool Our Copyright Laws

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(Michael Geist — Toronto Star) Earlier this year, Canada and the European Union announced plans to negotiate a Comprehensive Economic and Tr...
Monday, December 21, 2009

U.S. Governors to Host Canada's Premiers at Influential Event

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(The Canadian Press - Lee-Anne Goodman) Amid increasing U.S. trade protectionism, Canada's premiers will get a moment in the spotlight a...

Legislative Update: MTB Stalls, Trade Preferences Extension Still Possible

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(World Trade Interactive) As this year’s session of Congress draws to a close, lawmakers missed an opportunity to approve a miscellaneous tr...

U.S. Says China Agrees to End Brand Subsidies

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(Industry Week – Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse) On December 21 the U.S. announced that China will end a series of “famous brand” subsidies...

New Twist on Law of Dumping of Goods from State-Influenced Economies

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(Mondaq – Roy Millen and Michael Steinbach, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP) Producers and importers of Chinese and Vietnamese goods, and th...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Tips on Crossing the U.S. Border Over the Holidays

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(GHY International) Plenty of Canadians will be crossing the land border into the U.S. this holiday season which prompted U.S. Customs and B...

Editorial: Barrier on Main Street

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(Globe and Mail) “Buy American” policies are lamentably alive and well, and somewhat strengthened, in a new $154-billion (U.S.) stimulus bil...

Canada Will Sign Its Most Comprehensive Air Agreement Ever

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(EarthTimes) Canada’s Transport Minister, John Baird, today [Thursday] announced that Canada’s air transport agreement with all 27 European ...

CPSC Delays Lead Testing Enforcement

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(The Associated Press – Jennifer C. Kerr) Makers of toys and other children’s products won a reprieve Thursday from federal regulators tryin...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

CBP: New Informed Compliance Publication on Rulings

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(World Trade Interactive) U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web si...