Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Container Shipping Growth Rates Remain High, But Analysts Predict Drop

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(JOC/PR Newswire) August through October typically marks the highest shipping annual point, with volumes reflecting the U.S. import of goods...

WTO Says No to Hi-tech Duties in EU

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(Industry Week – Agence France-Presse) The World Trade Organization has backed the United States, Japan and Taiwan in their complaint agains...

FDA Product Code Changes for Tobacco Products

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(CBP) Due to legislative changes in the regulation of Tobacco products, FDA will be ending the following 3 product codes 30 days from the da...

Mexico Is Said to Plan Tariffs on U.S. Pork, Oranges in Trucking Dispute

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(Bloomberg – Jens Erik Gould) Mexico will impose import tariffs on pork, oranges and other U.S. goods because of the U.S. government’s failu...

Licensing of Food Importers

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(CFIA) On Monday August 16, 2010 CFIA posted a consultation survey on the CFIA website signalling their intent to move forward with licensi...

Legislative Update: Registered Agents, China Currency, Food Safety on Tap for September

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(world Trade Interactive) Congress is now out of session for its annual summer recess, but lawmakers and trade groups are keeping a number o...

Exporting Software and Technology Abroad – Controls on Ancillary Encryption to be Liberalized

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(John W. Boscariol, McCarthy Tétrault LLP) In what will come as welcome news to Canadian tech companies, Canada is planning on easing export...

CBP Seeks Comments on Importation Bond Structure

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(World Trade Interactive) U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requesting comments by Oct. 18 on the proposed extension and revision of fo...

Canada Customs Drives a Stake Through ‘Twilight’ Energy Drinks

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(Lesley Ciarula Taylor — The Toronto Star) Toronto is throwing the After Dark Film Festival right now, is home base for ubergeek Scott Pilgr...

Golf President Battles Extradition to US for ‘selling batteries for Iran missiles’

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(Helen Pidd — The Guardian) Christopher Tappin, 63, made £320 from freight deal which he says was unlawful sting by US agents posing as exp...
Monday, August 16, 2010

Canada, U.S. to Set Up Working Group on Agricultural Trade

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(AgCanada.com) Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and his U.S. counterpart have agreed to set up a “high-level working group” they say ...

China Overtakes Japan in 2Q as World’s No. 2 Economy Amid Slowdown in Recovery

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(Tomoko A. Hosaka — The Associated Press) Japan lost its place as the world’s No. 2 economy to China in the second quarter as receding globa...

Court Rules on Classification of Concentrated Flavorings

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(World Trade Interactive) In an Aug. 12 decision in Aromont USA Inc. v. U.S. , the Court of International Trade ruled that certain flavoring...

GHY Launches New YouTube Channel

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GHY International today launched the Trade Talk Channel on the popular video sharing Website YouTube. Currently featured on the is a series...

Labelling Non-Food Products – Enforcement Guidelines for “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” Claims Now in Effect

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(Ian K. Bies and Emily Rix, McCarthy Tétrault LLP) Manufacturers and processors making “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” claims on no...
Friday, August 13, 2010

The Weekly Scope: Technical Bulletins from GHY at a Glance

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An updated list of recently published government memorandums, notices, regulations and decisions for the week ending August 13, 2010 is now...

Customs Valuation – What it all means, Free Educational Webcast, August 19, 2010

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(KPMG) Is your company facing challenges in terms of customs valuation rules? Are you having issues in applying transfer pricing regulation...

Promulgation of New Tort Law in China

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(Lexology – Lance P. Bridgesmith et al., Miller & Martin LLP) Punitive Damages generally allowed in product liability cases. Risk profi...

WTO Said to Rule Against EU's Policy on Anti-Dumping

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(Bloomberg – Jennifer M. Freedman) The European Union’s method of applying extra duties on imports it considers to be unfairly priced breaks...

BIS Clarifies Scope of Commodity Classifications, Advisory Opinions

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(Lexology – Jimmie V. Reyna, Williams Mullen) According to a recently issued interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulatio...